Mothers of Men
About Mothers of Men
Austrian Marie Helmar is left penniless when her father dies, and disgraced by Prussian captain Von Pfaffen. She goes to her French cousins, the De La Mottes, and falls in love with their son Gerome. The night before the wedding she sends him a letter about the Prussian. It comes back unopened. A new servant is Von Pfaffen. He wants war secrets for his silence. She feeds him false information and he is disgraced. He tries to kill her. She shoots him. She then gives Gerome the confession. He says he read it on the wedding night. She tells him she is pregnant.
Cast & crew
More about Mothers of Men
Edward José directed. Claire Whitney plays Marie. Lumsden Hare is Captain Von Pfaffen. Martha Mansfield is Paulette. Trade papers, including Motion Picture News, carried the title in January, February, and March 1920.
Themes
Notes
- Gaston Glass is among the De La Motte household in cast lists.
- The letter Marie thinks Gerome never opened is the thing he has kept since the wedding night.
Scenes
- Von Pfaffen, hired as a servant, asks Marie for war secrets.
- She hands Gerome the letter he had already read.
