Movie: The Mother and the Law

Top 6 Billed Cast

Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh

The Little Dear One

Robert Harron
Robert Harron

The Boy

Miriam Cooper
Miriam Cooper

The Friendly One

Vera Lewis
Vera Lewis

Miss Mary Jenkins

Sam De Grasse
Sam De Grasse

Arthur Jenkins

Clyde E. Hopkins
Clyde E. Hopkins

Jenkins' Secretary

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    After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The second of these was 'The Mother and the Law', which demonstrates how crime, moral puritanism, and conflicts between ruthless capitalists and striking workers help ruin the lives of marginal Americans.

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    1919-08-18

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    6.9

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