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A Mountain Mother (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

A Mountain Mother (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

Up on the mountain, Liza, the widow, lives with her daughter, Lilly. Liza's big purpose in life is to secure an education for Lilly and to make a "lady" of her. With this end in view the widow toils every day on her small farm and once a ...See moreUp on the mountain, Liza, the widow, lives with her daughter, Lilly. Liza's big purpose in life is to secure an education for Lilly and to make a "lady" of her. With this end in view the widow toils every day on her small farm and once a week drives into town to sell her eggs and chickens, Jed Dowling, a big, rough mountaineer about the age of the widow, wants Lilly for his wife. The widow herself wants to marry Jed, but she puts him off until after she has sent Lilly to school. To the mountain comes Walter, who writes poems and stories. He seeks inspiration and finds it in Lilly. Liza later takes him in as a boarder. When he proposes marriage to Lilly the widow sees in him the means of assuring her daughter the life of a "lady," but insists that they be married before going to Walter's home in the big city. Liza now considers herself free to marry Jed. As the young people are going down the mountain, some revenue officers raid a moonshine still. Jed, who is one of the moonshiners, escapes. Finding Walter in the vicinity, he immediately jumps at the conclusion that he is a spy and brought the officers down on them. He tries to kill Walter. There is a struggle for the gun, Lilly, meanwhile, running back to tell her mother that Jed is killing Walter. When Liza arrives in sight of the struggling men, Jed has Walter helpless and is about to kill him. Liza cannot get to Jed in time to stop him. She sees her daughter's chance of happiness about to be shattered. It is a choice between her own future and her daughter's. Liza raises her long rifle and shoots Jed. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Mae Hotely The Widow Liza The Widow Liza See fewer	Queenie of the Nile (1915)
John Ince Jed Jed See fewer	The Great Jewel Robbery (1925)
Blanche West The Widow's Daughter The Widow's Daughter See fewer	The Battle of Shiloh (1913)
Arthur Matthews The Poet The Poet See fewer	Ignorance (1916)