Marriage and the challenges of motherhood prove too much for ex-factory worker Mary. Will she follow the sound advice of the health visitor - played by famous actress Dorothea Baird, who also conceived and wrote the film - and improve her ‘mothercraft’ skills, or will she continue to take solace in alcohol, as prescribed by her wayward neighbour?
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United Kingdom 01 May 1917
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23 July 1917
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14 December 1917
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06 August 1917
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15 October 1917
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10 September 1917
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21 October 1917
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20 July 1917
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29 September 1917
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22 October 1917
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