The Mothering Heart

The Mothering Heart

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21 Jun 1913

The Mothering Heart


A young couple faces hardship, but the husband’s rise to success leads to an affair, forcing his wife to choose between her marriage and her own future

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Genres

Decade 1910s

This Movie is Melancholy, Heart-wrenching, Domestic, Moralistic, Dramatic & Period

About The Mothering Heart A 1913 drama by D. W. Griffith, notable for its portrayal of marital strife and the redemptive power of family life

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Audio English (United States)

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Credits

Cast

  • Walter Miller Joe, young husband
  • Charles Murray male Apache dancer
  • Charles West new light
  • John T. Dillon club patron
  • Josephine Crowell woman collecting ironing
  • Kate Bruce young wife's mother
  • Lillian Gish young wife
  • Viola Barry idle woman
  • Adolph Lestina doctor
  • Jennie Lee wash customer
  • William J. Butler club patron
  • Christy Cabanne outside club
  • Donald Crisp Self
  • Edward Dillon club patron
  • William Elmer doorman
  • Dell Henderson club patron
  • Harry Hyde outside club
  • J. Jiquel Lanoe outside club, club patron
  • Charles Hill Mailes club patron
  • Mae Marsh Self
  • Joseph McDermott among waiters
  • Alfred Paget club patron
  • Gus Pixley club patron
  • W. C. Robinson club patron
  • Henry B. Walthall club patron
  • Gertrude Bambrick Female Apache Dancer

Director

  • D. W. Griffith
  • D.W. Griffith

Screenwriter

  • Hazel Hubbard

Director of Photography

  • Billy Bitzer
  • G. W. Bitzer

Producer

  • D.W. Griffith
  • American Mutoscope & Biograph