The Mother Heart

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Howard M. Mitchell

Status Released

Release Date 1921-05-29

Storyline

Forced to theft when in dire straits, family man John Howard is arrested for stealing food from a grocery store and is put in jail. The shock kills his wife, and his children are sent to an orphanage. Ella is adopted by a wealthy widow, and May finds a place on the farm of George Stuart, where she attracts the attentions of farmhand Billy Bender.