The Mother and the Law
(1915) American
B&W : Short film
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Miriam Cooper

Wark Producing Corporation production. / Produced by D.W. Griffith. Scenario by D.W. Griffith. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was originally shot in October 1914, this short was later edited into the ‘modern’ episode of Intolerance (1916). The film was slightly reshot by Griffith, reedited, and rereleased by Wark Producing Corporation as a short film again in 1919.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Listing updated: 4 July 2007.

References: Barry-Griffith pp. 23, 29, 44, 50, 51, 60; Bohn-Light pp. 56, 57, 59; Brownlow-Parade pp. 50-51; Card-Seductive pp. 31, 32, 45; Cooper-Dark pp. 93-95; Everson-American pp. 90-91, 96, 97, 229, 369; Fell-History p. 69; Lahue-Triangle p. 69; Limbacher-Feature p. 165; Parish-Gangster pp. 210, 211; Smith-Epic p. 116.