Name: The Eternal Mother
Released: 1917
Cast: Ethel Barrymore, Frank Mills, Jack W. Johnston, Charles Sutton, Kaj Gynt

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

Red Horse Hill

Release Date

Nov 26, 1917

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Metro Pictures Corp.

Distribution Company

Metro Pictures Corp.; A Metro Wonderplay

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel Red Horse Hill by Sidney McCall (pseud. of Mary McNeil Fenollosa) (Boston, 1909).

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

Maris, having married Lynch, a worthless man who deserts her, taking their daughter Felice with him, marries mill owner Dwight Alden after receiving notification that her husband and child are dead. Discovering that Alden employs child labor, Maris, assisted by the village minister, tries to persuade him that this is wrong, but he will tolerate no interference in his business. After violently denouncing Alden from the pulpit, the minister dies and Maris becomes interested in a child who has been injured while working overtime at the mill, only to discover that the child is her daughter and her first husband is still alive. She leaves, taking Felice, and Alden, after having a fight with the first husband, discovers that Lynch had secured a divorce. Alden seeks out Maris, tells her that he has abolished child labor and made other improvements affecting the welfare of his workers, and a reconciliation occurs.