The Mother Instinct (1917)
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.
Cast
Enid Bennett
Eleanor Coutierre
Rowland V. Lee
Jacques
Margery Wilson
Marie Coutierre
John Gilbert
Jean Coutierre
Gertrude Claire
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