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HERALDED BIOGRAPH ATTRACTION...The Mothering Heart - Tenderly Depicted by LILLIAN GISH
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Lillian GishThe Wife
Walter MillerThe Husband
Kate BruceThe Wife's Mother
Adolph LestinaThe Doctor
Jennie LeeThe Wash Customer
Charles MurrayMale Apache Dancer
Gertrude BambrickFemale Apache Dancer
William ElmerThe DoormanExplore the crew
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Director of Photography
- Billy Bitzer
- Producer
- D.W. Griffith
- Editor
- James Smith