The Mother Instinct

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The Mother Instinct
The Mother Instinct newspaper 1917.jpg
Contemporary advertisement
Directed by
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Starring
Production
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Distributed byTriangle Distributing
Release date
  • July 15, 1917 (1917-07-15)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
Enid Bennett in a publicity photo for the film. The Mother Instinct newspaper publicity photo 1917.jpg
Enid Bennett in a publicity photo for the film.

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]

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Preservation

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

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