Mother (1914 film)

Mother
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Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Produced by	William A. Brady
Written by	Maurice Tourneur
Based on	Mother by Jules Eckert Goodman
Starring	Emma Dunn
Distributed by	World Film
Release date	September 28, 1914
Running time	40 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film (English intertitles)

Mother is a 1914 silent film drama directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Emma Dunn. The film marked Tourneur's first American made film. Dunn was 39 years old and had starred on Broadway in the play version of the story this film is based on. This film was produced by William A. Brady who also produced the 1910 play.^[1] The film has a similar plot to the 1920 Fox film Over the Hill to the Poorhouse.^[2]

The Library of Congress has a complete print.^[3]

Cast

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Emma Dunn as Mrs. Wetherell
Edwin Baker as William
Belle Adair as Sadie
Henri Desforges as Walter
Jane Corcoran as Bess
Lillian Cook as Lenore
Priscilla Dean as Ardath

References

↑ Mother at the Internet Broadway Database
↑ Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films by Harry Waldman, 2001. ISBN 978-0-7864-4085-6
↑ Mother, The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog

External links

Films directed by Maurice Tourneur
1910s	Jean la Poudre (1913) The System of Doctor Goudron (1913) The Gaieties of the Squadron (1913) Tricks of Love (1913) The Last Pardon (1913) The Cameo (1913) Mother (1914) The Man of the Hour (1914) The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) The Red Promenade (1914) The Pit (1914) The Sparrow (1914) Monsieur Lecoq (1914) The Secret of the Well (1914) Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) Trilby (1915) The Cub (1915) The Ivory Snuff Box (1915) The Butterfly on the Wheel (1915) The Pawn of Fate (1915) The Hand of Peril (1916) The Closed Road (1916) The Velvet Paw (1916) The Rail Rider (1916) A Girl's Folly (1916) The Whip (1917) The Undying Flame (1917) Exile (1917) The Law of the Land (1917) The Pride of the Clan (1917) The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) Barbary Sheep (1917) The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917) Rose of the World (1917) The Blue Bird (1918) Prunella (1918) A Doll's House (1918) The Sporting Life (1918) Woman (1918) My Lady's Garter (1919) The White Heather (1919) The Life Line (1919) Victory (1919) The Broken Butterfly (1919)
1920s	The County Fair (1920) The Great Redeemer (1920) While Paris Sleeps (1920) Treasure Island (1920) The White Circle (1920) Deep Waters (1920) The Last of the Mohicans (1920) The Bait (1921) The Foolish Matrons (1921) Lorna Doone (1922) The Brass Bottle (1923) The Christian (1923) The Isle of Lost Ships (1923) Jealous Husbands (1923) Torment (1924) The White Moth (1924) The Sporting Life (1925) Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) Aloma of the South Seas (1926) Old Loves and New (1926) The Crew (1928) The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)
1930s	Accused, Stand Up! (1930) Departure (1931) Dance Hall (1931) Fun in the Barracks (1932) In the Name of the Law (1932) L'Homme mystérieux (1933) The Two Orphans (1933) Justin de Marseille (1934) Le Voleur (1934) Koenigsmark (1935) Samson (1936) With a Smile (1936) The Patriot (1938) Katia (1938)
1940s	Volpone (1941) La Min du diable (1943) Cecile Is Dead (1944) After Love (1948) Dilemma of Two Angels (1948)

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