The Mothering Heart

23m
Drama
5.6

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.

Cast

Lillian Gish
The Wife
Walter Miller
The Husband
Viola Barry
The Other Woman
Kate Bruce
The Wife's Mother
Adolph Lestina
The Doctor
Jennie Lee
The Wash Customer
Charles Murray
Male Apache Dancer
Gertrude Bambrick
Female Apache Dancer
William Elmer
The Doorman

Crew

D.W. Griffith
Director, Producer
Hazel Hubbard
Story
James Smith
Editor
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography

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