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The Mother Instinct
1917
0h 50m
Drama
Overview
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.
Director
Lambert Hillyer
Top 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













