Mothers Cry

During Hollywood's Golden Era, Lenore J. Coffee made her name as the screenwriter of such powerful women-centered melodramas as "Four Daughters" and "The Great Lie." This early talkie scripted by Coffee falls in that celebrated genre, with a story that had moviegoers rooting for a courageous woman confronted by hardship. Mary Williams (Dorothy Peterson in her film debut) is a struggling widow who devotes her life to her four children. But trouble lies ahead for all four – including her oldest, Danny (Edward Woods, also debuting), a conniving thug who has tormented his family since childhood.