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The Mother Instinct (1917)
50 min | Drama

The Mother Instinct (1917)

50 min | Drama

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 ...See moreWhen 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. Soon after Marie returns to her village of Normandy, her brother Jean is accused of murdering Raoul Bergere, a man of loose morals of the village. When Jean's conviction seems certain after witnesses testify that they heard him threaten to kill Raoul for stealing his boat, Marie confesses that she killed the rogue for fathering her child. Following her expose, Pierre takes Marie into his arms and promises to care for her and the child, and Eleanor's honor is at last vindicated. Written by Pamela Short See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Enid Bennett Eleanor Coutierre Eleanor Coutierre See fewer	The Red Lily (1924)
Rowland V. Lee Jacques (as Rowland Lee) Jacques (as Rowland Lee) See fewer	The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Margery Wilson Marie Coutierre Marie Coutierre See fewer	Insinuation (1922)
Tod Burns Pierre Bondel Pierre Bondel See fewer	Borrowed Plumage (1917)
John Gilbert Jean Coutierre (as Jack Gilbert) Jean Coutierre (as Jack Gilbert) See fewer	The Big Parade (1925)
Gertrude Claire Mother Coutierre Mother Coutierre See fewer	Oliver Twist (I) (1922)
William Fairbanks Raoul Bergere (as Carl Ullman) Raoul Bergere (as Carl Ullman) See fewer	Wyoming (1928)