Mother

A three-part special from the play of same name by Jules Eckert Goodman and featuring Emma Dunn in the titular role, a part she made famous on the stage and fills with distinction in the picture. The story is of a family, once rich and burdened with expensive habits, that has, on the death of the father, become poor. The central interest is the strenuous fight the mother makes before her family truly realizes its position and gets down to common-sense's hard pan. The mother wins. It is a big theme and has been handled effectively and makes a good offering. Many of the characters give good support to the leading woman, but not all. The old cook, the adventuresses with whom the older boys become infatuated, the elderly lawyer and the sisters and twins are distinct assets and are nearly the whole cast. The older son is a good actor, but this is not a perfect role for him. Many of the lesser figures are also good. - The Moving Picture World, September 26, 1914