在《党同伐异》票房收入相对较低之后，D·W·格里菲斯在三年后重新拍摄了他的史诗电影，将该片中交织的两个故事分别作为独立的影片发行，并增加了一些新的镜头。其中第二部是《母亲与法律》，展示了犯罪、道德清教主义以及无情资本家和罢工工人之间的冲突如何毁掉了边缘美国人的生活。

After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The second of these was 'The Mother and the Law', which demonstrates how crime, moral puritanism, and conflicts between ruthless capitalists and striking workers help ruin the lives of marginal Americans.