The Mothering Heart
The Mothering Heart is a 1913 American short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art.
Plot
The film opens by showing a young woman (Lillian Gish) in a garden. She is tender hearted, demonstrated by her appreciation of the flowers and the rescuing of a puppy. A melancholic young man (Walter Miller) woos her and she is foolishly swayed more by his pain of rejection than her love for him and eventually agrees to marry.
More details
| director | D. W. Griffith |
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| genre | drama |
| keywords | adolph lestina apache apache dance baby meet new home single woman wash wedding ring wife and child young man young woman |
| publisher | Biograph Company |
| theme | short silent |