The Mother and the Law

Synopsis

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.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Written by

D.W. Griffith

Studio

D.W. Griffith Productions

Released

18 August 1919

Genres

Drama, Crime