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The Mothering Heart

The Mothering Heart

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 21, 1913

Runtime

0h 23m

Genres

Drama

User Score

58%

Original Title

The Mothering Heart

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Director

D.W. Griffith

Description

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.