A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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A Mother’s Secret
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Douglas Gerrard

Cast: Ella Hall [Angela], Mary Mersch [Lady Eldone], T.D. Crittenden [Captain Eldone], Emory Johnson [Howard Grey], Mrs. L.C. Harris [‘Mammy’], Grace McLean [Rose Marie]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Doris Schroeder, from a screen story by Lois Zellner. Cinematography by A.G. Gosden. / © 4 April 1918 by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated [LP12278]. Released 29 April 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 24 April 2016.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 30 : Website-AFI.