The Mothering Heart

The Mothering Heart
The Mothering Heart
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Starring Walter Miller
Cinematography G. W. Bitzer
Release date(s) 21 June, 1913
Running time 23 minutes (18 frame/s)
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

The Mothering Heart is a 1913 short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art.[1]

Contents

Plot

A pregnant wife (Lillian Gish) is deserted by her husband (Walter Miller) and must give birth alone. After the baby is born, it dies. Meanwhile, the woman who the husband has an affair with (Viola Barry), abandons him for another man. So the husband goes to look for the wife and finds her when the child is dying. After the death of her child, the wife wanders into the garden and picks off the blossoms off of a rose bush in anger. She comes back to her husband and realizes she loves him again.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Mothering Heart". Silent Era. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MotheringHeart1913.html. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 

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