The Eternal Mother (1912)
John and Mary divorce their spouses to marry each other. Mary dies after giving birth and the baby is taken in by John's first wife, Martha. She refuses all contact with John until many years later when he becomes ill and she finally forgives him for deserting her.
- Date of release
- 1912-01-10
- TMDB
- 4.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 17m
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
Casting
- Edwin August — John, the Husband
- Blanche Sweet — Martha, the Wife
- Mabel Normand — Mary, the Woman
- Charles Hill Mailes — Mary's Father
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Fort Lee
The Eternal Mother is a surviving 1912 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when Biograph Company and other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.
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