The Mother Instinct

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.

Enid Bennett

Eleanor Coutierre

Rowland V. Lee

Jacques

Margery Wilson

Marie Coutierre

John Gilbert

Jean Coutierre

Gertrude Claire

Mother Coutierre

William Fairbanks

Raoul Bergere

Tod Burns

Pierre Bondel

• Lambert HillyerDirector · Writer
• Roy William NeillDirector
• Maude PettusStory

Release date

July 15, 1917

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Drama

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