MOTHERS CRY.

The film is focused on the life of widowed mother Mary Williams (Dorothy Peterson) and her struggles to raise her four children. Daniel (Edward Woods), her eldest, torments her and his siblings throughout his childhood and grows up to be a criminal. He disappears for three years, returning with a moll whom he introduces as his wife. He later reappears at his mother's house with a blackmail scheme and ends up shooting and murdering his own sister Beattie.

Credits

Cast
Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners
Complete catalog record
MOTHERS CRY. First National and Vitaphone. 1930. 8 reels, sd. From the novel by Helen Grace Carlisle. Credits: Director, Hobart Henley; adaptation and additional dialogue, Lenore J. Coffee. First National Pictures, Inc.; 28Dec30; LP1879.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q3866222 ↗ — color, country