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The Mothering Heart(1913)
Status: Released
Date: 1913-06-21
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33 Votes
Time: 0h 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.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Movie: The Mothering Heart
Top 9 Billed Cast
Lillian Gish
The Wife
Walter Miller
The Husband
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
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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.
Release Date
1913-06-21
Average
5.8
Rating:
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HERALDED BIOGRAPH ATTRACTION...The Mothering Heart - Tenderly Depicted by LILLIAN GISH
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