Mothers of Men
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Willis Robards
Willis Robards
Dorothy Reid
Hal Reid
Mrs. Hal Reid
Katherine Griffith
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Attorney Clara Madison, the leader of the suffragette movement, finally succeeds in being elected judge of the district court. Shortly after the election, she meets and marries Worthington Williams, an attorney for the liquor interests. The foes of Williams' clients decide to discredit his cause by framing the attorney and hoping that his wife will intercede on his behalf. Williams is accused and convicted on circumstantial evidence of blowing up the opposition newspaper and causing the death of its editor. Meanwhile, Clara is elected governor and in this capacity, she has the power of pardoning her husband at the risk of discrediting her suffrage cause. Torn between love and duty, Clara decides to let her husband die. Her anguish is ended when the real murderer confesses to the killing, thus freeing Williams and reconciling the family.
Director
Willis Robards
Cast
Willis Robards
Dorothy Reid
Hal Reid
Mrs. Hal Reid
Katherine Griffith
Arthur Tavares
Billie Bennett
Marcella Russell
Harry Griffith
Grace Blake
George Utell
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Originally eight reels, this woman's suffrage film was re-edited to five reels by Willis Robards at the suggestion of the Woman Suffrage Party and the National Woman's Party. The Reid-Robards Picture Co.'s studio was in Santa Cruz, CA.
