Mother (1910)

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy runs away from an abusive stepfather. Twenty years later, he returns as a successful lawyer and unknowingly defends his own mother in court before being reunited with her.

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What happens

Mother is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film is a melodrama that focuses with Will Allen who runs away from home after being violently abused by his stepfather and his mother keeps a candle lit for him to return home. Twenty years later, Will returns home after having become a successful lawyer, but cannot find his parents. Will later takes the case to defend a lady being prosecuted by a client company. After being successful he recognizes the lady as his mother and they are reunited. The film's cast included Anna Rosemond, Frank H. Crane and Carey L. Hastings, but other credits are uncertain. The film was released on September 6, 1910, and was met with mixed reviews. The film is presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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