Madame X(1916)

“Every mother who ever loved a son, every son who ever loved a mother, should see the photoplay "MADAME X."”

Overview

Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on harming her son. The son, unaware of who the woman is, takes the assignment to defend her in court.