The Mother Instinct

The Mother Instinct — Plot

When her baby daughter Eleanor is traumatized after her father perishes in a storm at sea, Mother Coutierre sends the girl to live with her aunt in Paris. Years later, Eleanor, now a successful model in Paris, is surprised by a visit from her elder sister Marie, who has come to hide the birth of her illegitimate child. When Mother Coutierre arrives and believes Eleanor to be the infant's mother, Eleanor continues the deception so that her sister can marry Pierre Bondel, a fisherman.

• Release date
• July 15, 1917
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Lambert Hillyer

The Mother Instinct — Cast

Enid Bennett Eleanor Coutierre Rowland V. Lee Jacques Margery Wilson Marie Coutierre John Gilbert Jean Coutierre Gertrude Claire Mother Coutierre

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William Fairbanks Raoul Bergere

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Tod Burns Pierre Bondel