The Mother and the Law

  • Rated 6.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1919
  • 1h 39m
  • Drama
  • Crime

A re-edited version of the fourth episode of Intolerance (1916); two youth are made homeless by a strike, and struggle valiantly to survive their desolate situation, which worsens as reform-minded citizens remove the couple's child from their care and the young father is falsely accused and convicted of murder.

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Director
D.W. Griffith
Starring
Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Miriam Cooper, Vera Lewis

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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