---
title: 'Mothers Cry (1930)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hobart Henley'
released: '1930-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 76
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mothers-cry-1930'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021159/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mothers Cry (1930)

1930 · 76 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Mothers Cry is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Pictures, and directed by Hobart Henley. The movie stars Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Evalyn Knapp and Sidney Blackmer. The film is based on the popular novel of the same name written by Helen Grace Carlisle. Boris Karloff is said to have appeared in this film uncredited, but that is disputed in some sources.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hobart Henley](https://cinepixo.com/people/hobart-henley)
- **Screenplay:** [Lenore J. Coffee](https://cinepixo.com/people/lenore-j-coffee)
- **Producer:** [Robert North](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-north)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gilbert Warrenton](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-warrenton)

## Cast

- [Helen Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-chandler)
- [David Manners](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-manners)
- [Claire McDowell](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-mcdowell)
- [Edward LeSaint](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-lesaint)
- [Dorothy Peterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-peterson)
- [Evalyn Knapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/evalyn-knapp)
- [Sidney Blackmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-blackmer)

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