The Mother Instinct

The Mother Instinct is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and Roy William Neill and starring Enid Bennett, Rowland V. Lee and Margery Wilson.^[1]

The Mother Instinct
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Directed by	Lambert Hillyer Roy William Neill
Written by	Lambert Hillyer Maude Pettus
Starring	Enid Bennett Rowland V. Lee Margery Wilson
Production company	Triangle Film Corporation
Distributed by	Triangle Distributing
Release date	July 15, 1917 (1917-07-15)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Enid Bennett in a publicity photo for the film.

Cast

• Enid Bennett as Eleanor Coutierre
• Rowland V. Lee as Jacques
• Margery Wilson as Marie Coutierre
• Tod Burns as Pierre Bondel
• John Gilbert as Jean Coutierre
• Gertrude Claire as Mother Coutierre
• William Fairbanks as Raoul Bergere

Preservation

With no prints of The Mother Instinct located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[2]

References

1. Golden p.33
2. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Mother Instinct

Bibliography

• Golden, Eve. John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars. University Press of Kentucky, 2013.

External links

• The Mother Instinct at IMDb