The Eternal Mother (1912)

Name: The Eternal Mother
Released: 1912-01-10

17m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Edwin August

John, the Husband

Blanche Sweet

Martha, the Wife

Mabel Normand

Mary, the Woman

Charles Hill Mailes

Mary's Father

D.W. Griffith

Director

Kate Bruce

The Old Woman

Donald Crisp

In Field

Guy Hedlund

A Friend

J. Jiquel Lanoe

A Friend

Jeanie Macpherson

In Field

Billy Bitzer

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
January 10, 1912

Status
Released

Running Time
17m

Filming Locations
Fort Lee, United States

Last updated: 2025-02-13

Wiki.

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.