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The Mother and the Law (1919)

The Mother and the Law (1919)

Drama Crime
Release Date: 1919, August 18
Directors: D.W. Griffith
Countries: United States of America
Production: D.W. Griffith Productions, D.W. Griffith Productions
Cast: Mae Marsh, Vera Lewis, Robert Harron, Miriam Cooper, Sam De Grasse, Clyde E. Hopkins

Overview:

To recoup losses from the extravagant roadshow presentations of Intolerance (1916), Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's previously interlocked stories as standalone features, with additional footage and new title cards. The second of these was 'The Mother and the Law', which demonstrates how crime, moral puritanism, and conflicts between ruthless capitalists and striking workers cause ruin to the lives of marginal Americans.

Keywords:

capitalism intolerance labor strike