The Mothering Heart (1913)

06/21/1913 (US) • 23m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Lillian Gish

The Wife

Walter Miller

The Husband

Viola Barry

The Other Woman

Kate Bruce

The Wife's Mother

Adolph Lestina

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Gertrude Bambrick

Female Apache Dancer

William Elmer

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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

husband wife relationship

married couple

parenthood

silent film

newlywed

other woman

unfaithful husband

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