To recoup losses from the extravagant roadshow presentations of Intolerance (1916), Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's previously interlocked stories as standalone features, with additional footage and new title cards. The second of these was 'The Mother and the Law', which demonstrates how crime, moral puritanism, and conflicts between ruthless capitalists and striking workers cause ruin to the lives of marginal Americans.
D.W. Griffith
Director
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
Clyde E. Hopkins
Jenkins' Secretary
A Dry White Season67%
Bomb City71%
The Most Hated Woman in America62%
The Unforgivable74%
Each Dawn I Die68%
Knock on Any Door62%
Òlòtūré63%
Mob Town63%
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt69%
Disgrace62%
Collision58%
Riot in Cell Block 1171%
Guilty by Suspicion65%
Killer's Kiss63%
The House on Carroll Street58%
Madame X64%
Framed65%
Red Dust58%
The Operative58%
The Sound of Fury65%
