DW GRIFFITH THE MOTHERING HEART 1913 LILLIAN GISH

The Mothering Heart 1913 cast: Lillian Gish -The Young Wife, Joseph McDermott ,Mae Marsh ,Peggy Pearce, Adolphe Lestina, Walter Miller, Charlie Murray, Charles H. West, Viola Barry,Gertrude Bambrick ,Blance Sweet, Mae Marsh, Josephine Crowell, Kate Bruce , Donald Crisp Billy Bitzer - Cinematographer Summary: The Mothering Heart was one of six films Griffith was producing and directing at the same time in California 1913, and the first major roll for Lillian Gish. Against her better judgment the young women(Lillian Gish), marrys a man shes not sure is the right person(Walter Miller). During the hard times together the wife takes on jobs doing laundry until better days come for her husband. But the Husband starts to do well and becomes discontent with his wife and unhappy the way she looks. Its while he takes his wife out for dinner that he starts to flirt with a women(Peggy Pearce) at another table and soon takes up with her after a chance meeting.Its when Lillian whos now expecting a baby finds the womens gloves in the husbands jacket that her suspicions are aroused. She leaves him to have her baby at her mothers home as the man dates the other women. Its at dinner one night that the women meets another man flirting with her from another table(Charlie Murry) and runs off with him.The husband goes back to Lillian for forgivenes to learn that his baby has died. For what every reason Lillian will forgive him, and they hug and hope to start over the right way. Take note of Henry Walthal and Mae Marsh as extras having dinner, as well as Donald Crisp and Blanche Sweet dancing together as performers on the stage in the resturant. http://www.YouTube.com/DIRECTORSSERIES http://www.YouTube.com/THEATRECORNER http://www.YouTube.com/IRARONA http://www.YouTube.com/TVNETWORKS http://www.YouTube.com/TVDAYS http://www.tvdays.com (400 DVD TITLES ) DW GRIFFITH AT BIOGRAPH BY IRA H. GALLEN What soon ends Griffith's association with the Biograph Company will be the events surrounding the production of three films: THE BATTLE OF ELDERBUSH GULCH, THE MOTHERING HEART and JUDITH OF BETHULIA. All three are being made at the same time, each one was different and highly involved in scope and production value. They're made with the same cunning he used in his other battles with the front office. The question on the audiences lips was now reaching across all class boundaries; the D.W. Griffith method riveted them in their seats or had them sitting up on the edge of the seats, awaiting the outcome. Moving picture audiences were now coming to feel as well as see the stories on the nickelodeon or movie parlor screens in front of them. Griffith's acting company would soon be operating in such a fashion as to be completely independent of any one actress or actor. Each category of character was staffed in depth by Griffith. He had the practice of alternating casts which kept any one player from becoming too important. This kept them from knowing their importance with the public for a period of better than three years. In this fashion, salaries were kept quite low. Moving pictures were still produced in a highly improvised manner. Griffith would never be found using a shooting script of any sort which outlined the action. The synopsis was carried in his head. If one scenic background that was called for in the story was unavailable, he changed the background and altered the story to fit. Production problems as well as the continuity of the story that was being shot were also kept in Griffith's head. What makes it all work was that those who stayed on to learn and work with Griffith soon became a permanent part of his stock company and assisted him in his decisions as well as in carrying out his orders. Whenever an actor or actress was not actually appearing in a story, they might be seen in the background, working on a Griffith errand or carrying a prop.