The Mothering Heart (1913)




Lillian Gish - The Mothering Heart




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 takes up with another woman. His wife leaves him, returning to her mother's home where she bears a child. When the husband is abandoned by his concubine, remorse drives him to find his wife...


Books with substantial mentioning of The Mothering Heart

William K. Everson
Love in the Film
Secaucus, NJ, 1979


Year: 1913
Country: United States
 
IMDb: 0003170