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The Mothering Heart
UNITED STATES · 1913

The Mothering Heart

D.W. Griffith
infidelity social climbing domestic abandonment redemption marital conflict
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Synopsis

A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy husband. As he climbs the ladder of success, he abandons the homely values and begins an affair with a beautiful woman. His wife leaves him, returning to her mother's home where she bears a child. When the husband is abandoned by his lady friend, remorse drives him to find his wife.

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