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The Mother and the Law

1919 99 min ★ 6.5 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.

Director: D.W. Griffith

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