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The Mothering Heart
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Lillian Gish, Donald Crisp, Walter Miller [the young husband], Charles H. West, Mae Marsh, Gertrude Bambrick, Viola Barry, Adolphe Lestina, Charles Murray, Josephine Crowell, Kate Bruce, Joseph McDermott

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 21 June 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Children - Death

Listing updated: 29 April 2012.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Drew-Speaking p. 243; Everson-American p. 51; Eyman-Pickford p. 60; Spehr-American p. 3; Weaver-Twenty p. 145.

Home video: DVD.