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The Mothering Heart (1913)

Movie"HERALDED BIOGRAPH ATTRACTION...The Mothering Heart - Tenderly Depicted by LILLIAN GISH"
Audience Score
58
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NR 23 minJun 21st, 1913Drama
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.
StarringLillian GishWalter MillerViola Barry
DirectorD.W. Griffith

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:June 21st, 1913
Original Language:English
Production Companies:American Mutoscope & Biograph
Movie Tags:
silent filmhusband wife relationshipmarried couplenewlywedparenthoodunfaithful husbandother woman