The Mother and the Law

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Mae Marsh The Little Dear One

Robert Harron The Boy

Miriam Cooper The Friendly One

Vera Lewis Miss Mary Jenkins

Sam De Grasse Arthur Jenkins