The Mother and the Law

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1919 · 99 min · Drama · Crime · TMDB 6.5/10

Overview

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.

Directed by D.W. Griffith

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