Feature film — 1919
The Mother and the Law (1919)
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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A high-signal pick with 10 votes.
D.W. Griffith Productions
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Director: D.W. Griffith
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Cast & crew
Mae Marsh
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Robert Harron
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Miriam Cooper
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Vera Lewis
Miss Mary Jenkins
Sam De Grasse
Arthur Jenkins
Clyde E. Hopkins
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