The Mother and the Law

Directed by D.W. Griffith

Written by D.W. Griffith, D.W. Griffith

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.

Cast

Mae Marsh

The Little Dear One

Robert Harron

The Boy

Miriam Cooper

The Friendly One

Vera Lewis

Miss Mary Jenkins

Sam De Grasse

Arthur Jenkins

Clyde E. Hopkins

Jenkins' Secretary