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 Sin
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Thomas R. Mills

Cast: Earle Williams [Patrick Yardley Jr.], Miriam Miles [Celia Graham], Ernest Maupain [Patrick Yardley Sr.], Denton Vane [Vincent Tessier], Fred Peters (Frederick Peters) [Reverend Francis Vivian], Louise Du Pre [Rosa], Charles Horton [Maxton], Eleanor Lawson [Mrs. Ryde], Betty Blythe [Lady Fitzpatrick]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Greater Vitagraph, Incorporated [A Blue Ribbon Feature]. / Scenario by Edward J. Montagne, from the novel The Stars in Their Courses by Hilda Mary Sharp. Cinematography by Thomas F. Molloy (Thomas Molloy). Presented by Albert E. Smith. / © 18 January 1918 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP11976]. Released 28 January 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 November 2023.

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