The Mothering Heart
HERALDED BIOGRAPH ATTRACTION...The Mothering Heart - Tenderly Depicted by LILLIAN GISH
1913 · 23m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Overview
A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy husband. As he climbs the ladder of success, he abandons the homely values and begins an affair with a beautiful woman. His wife leaves him, returning to her mother's home where she bears a child. When the husband is abandoned by his lady friend, remorse drives him to find his wife.
Director and cast
- D.W. Griffith Director
- Lillian Gish as The Wife
- Walter Miller as The Husband
- Viola Barry as The Other Woman
- Kate Bruce as The Wife's Mother
- Adolph Lestina as The Doctor
- Jennie Lee as The Wash Customer
- Charles Murray as Male Apache Dancer
- Gertrude Bambrick as Female Apache Dancer
- William Elmer as The Doorman
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