The orthodox mother's indomitable will dwarfed the child's individuality, defeating the very purpose it would attain. The girl ran away with an actor and the fearful prayer, "If I ever speak to that man again, may God strike my mother blind," was fulfilled, but in the end the woman was saved from herself.
D.W. Griffith
Director, Writer
Jennie Lee
The Mother
Dorothy Gish
The Daughter
Henry B. Walthall
The Actor
Charles Hill Mailes
The Minister / Medicine Show Patron
Robert Harron
The Messenger / Medicine Show Patron / In Church
Adolph Lestina
The Justice of the Peace / In Church
Joseph McDermott
The Delivery Man
Kathleen Butler
The Nursemaid / In Church
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A Question of Faith74%
Fatima72%
War Room78%
Reading Lolita in Tehran73%
Mansfield Park61%
The Forge81%
I Believe in Unicorns64%
The Book of Daniel70%
Hungry Hearts65%
Seeds of Yesterday64%
Miracles from Heaven74%
Skater Girl72%
Outrage65%
Northfork59%
Reality64%
Fast Girls60%
Little Lord Fauntleroy73%
Won't Back Down61%
The Shepherd68%
