The Mothering Heart

The Mothering Heart (1913)

21/06/1913
Drama
23m

HERALDED BIOGRAPH ATTRACTION...The Mothering Heart - Tenderly Depicted by LILLIAN GISH

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.

  • D.W. GriffithDirector
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • husband wife relationship
  • married couple
  • parenthood
  • silent film
  • newlywed
  • other woman
  • unfaithful husband

Top Billed Cast

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

The Wife

Walter Miller

Walter Miller

The Husband

Viola Barry

The Other Woman

Kate Bruce

Kate Bruce

The Wife's Mother

Adolph Lestina

Adolph Lestina

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Jennie Lee

Jennie Lee

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Charles Murray

Charles Murray

Male Apache Dancer

Gertrude Bambrick

Gertrude Bambrick

Female Apache Dancer

William Elmer

William Elmer

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