The Mother and the Law
1919•1h 39m•6.5•Released
DramaCrime
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.
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Languages
No Language
Studio
D.W. Griffith Productions
Cast
Mae Marsh
The Little Dear One
Robert Harron
The Boy
Miriam Cooper
The Friendly One
Vera Lewis
Miss Mary Jenkins
Sam De Grasse
Arthur Jenkins
Clyde E. Hopkins
Jenkins' Secretary
Production
Company
D.W. Griffith Productions
Producer
D.W. Griffith
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