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Brothers
UNITED STATES · 1912

Brothers

D.W. Griffith
poverty family struggle childhood innocence juvenile delinquency widowhood
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Synopsis

This subject deals first with a woman who has lost her husband. Her two boys are now her mainstay and support. These boys are aged respectively 6 and 8. They sell papers and give their earnings to their mother. The elder of the boys is inclined to be wild and one day be is arrested for craps playing and is sent to a reformatory.

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