The Mother and the Law
1919·United States·95 min.
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Two young people are made homeless by a strike. They struggle valiantly to survive their desolate situation, which grows worse as reform-minded citizens remove the couple's child from their care and the young father is falsely accused and convicted of murder.
DirectorD.W. Griffith
ScreenwriterD.W. Griffith
CinematographyG.W. Bitzer
CastMae Marsh·Robert Harron·Miriam Cooper·Vera Lewis·Sam De Grasse·Clyde E. Hopkins·F. A. Turner·Walter Long·Ralph Lewis
Original titleThe Mother and the Law