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Mother o' Mine (1921)

Mother o' Mine poster
Directed by
Fred Niblo
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
G
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man leaves his mother to seek success in the city. He later faces a personal crisis that forces him to return home and confront his neglected relationship with her.

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What happens

Mother o' Mine is a 1921 American silent drama film that was directed by Fred Niblo. It written by C. Gardner Sullivan based on the short story "The Octopus" by Charles Belmont Davis. A complete print of the film exists in the Library of Congress as well as its trailer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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