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.
Director:
D.W. Griffith
Writer:
D.W. Griffith
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Mae Marsh as The Little Dear One |
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Robert Harron as The Boy |
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Miriam Cooper as The Friendly One |
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Vera Lewis as Miss Mary Jenkins |
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Sam De Grasse as Arthur Jenkins |
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Clyde E. Hopkins as Jenkins' Secretary |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Writing | D.W. Griffith | Screenplay |
| Writing | D.W. Griffith | Story |
| Production | D.W. Griffith | Producer |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Joseph Henabery | Assistant Director |
