Storyline
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 & Crew
Mae Marsh
The Little Dear One
Lead
Robert Harron
The Boy
Miriam Cooper
The Friendly One
Vera Lewis
Miss Mary Jenkins
Sam De Grasse
Arthur Jenkins
Clyde E. Hopkins
Jenkins' Secretary
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. D.W. Griffith's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Mother and the Law is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
