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1913

The Mothering Heart

Directed by D.W. Griffith
HERALDED BIOGRAPH ATTRACTION...The Mothering Heart - Tenderly Depicted by LILLIAN GISH

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.

Duration

0h 23m

Released

June 21, 1913

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Cast9

  • Lillian Gish
  • Walter Miller
  • Viola Barry
  • Kate Bruce
  • Adolph Lestina
  • Jennie Lee
  • Charles Murray
  • Gertrude Bambrick
  • William Elmer

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