Short film
His Mother
1911 · 10 min
A quiet, earnest silent melodrama that unfolds gently, trading on maternal devotion and the ache of distance rather than spectacle.
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Mary Maurice, Maurice Costello, Mabel Normand
- Overview
- Donald Gray, living with his mother in Scotland, through the friendship of the family physician, is offered an opportunity to go to America to study medicine. He leaves with his mother's blessings. Five years later, Donald is a physician with a successful practice in New York City. One of his patients has grown very fond of him; at the same time the young physician has grown fond of this gentleman's daughter, and is engaged to be married to her. His mother resolves to pay him an unexpected visit.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Family, parenthood, love, class
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Mary Maurice, Maurice Costello, Mabel Normand
