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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
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

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]

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]

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Films directed by Lambert Hillyer

Films directed by Lambert Hillyer

An Even Break (1917)
The Narrow Trail (1917)
The Mother Instinct (1917)
Riddle Gawne (1918)
Breed of Men (1919)
The Poppy Girl's Husband (1919)
The Money Corral (1919)
Square Deal Sanderson (1919)
Wagon Tracks (1919)
John Petticoats (1919)
The Toll Gate (1920)
Sand! (1920)
The Cradle of Courage (1920)
The Testing Block (1920)
O'Malley of the Mounted (1921)
The Whistle (1921)
White Oak (1921)
White Hands (1922)
Travelin' On (1922)
The Super-Sex (1922)
Caught Bluffing (1922)
The Altar Stairs (1922)
Scars of Jealousy (1923)
Temporary Marriage (1923)
The Shock (1923)
The Spoilers (1923)
Mile-a-Minute Romeo (1923)
Eyes of the Forest (1923)
Those Who Dance (1924)
Barbara Frietchie (1924)
I Want My Man (1925)
The Knockout (1925)
The Unguarded Hour (1925)
The Making of O'Malley (1925)
Her Second Chance (1926)
Miss Nobody (1926)
30 Below Zero (1926)
The War Horse (1927)
Chain Lightning (1927)
The Branded Sombrero (1928)
Beau Bandit (1930)
The Deadline (1931)
One Man Law (1931)
Forbidden Trail (1932)
South of the Rio Grande (1932)
Hello Trouble (1932)
Dangerous Crossroads (1933)
The Fighting Code (1933)
Before Midnight (1933)
Police Car 17 (1933)
Unknown Valley (1933)
Master of Men (1933)
Once to Every Woman (1934)
The Man Trailer (1934)
Men of the Night (1934)
The Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)
The Defense Rests (1934)
Against the Law (1934)
One Is Guilty (1934)
Behind the Evidence (1935)
In Spite of Danger (1935)
Men of the Hour (1935)
The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)
The Invisible Ray (1936)
Dangerous Waters (1936)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Girls Can Play (1937)
All American Sweetheart (1937)
Gang Bullets (1938)
My Old Kentucky Home (1938)
Convict's Code (1939)
Should a Girl Marry? (1939)
The Durango Kid (1940)
Beyond the Sacramento (1940)
North from the Lone Star (1941)
The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)
Hands Across the Rockies (1941)
The Pinto Kid (1941)
The Medico of Painted Springs (1941)
The Son of Davy Crockett (1941)
Thunder Over the Prairie (1941)
King of Dodge City (1941)
Prairie Stranger (1941)
Roaring Frontiers (1941)
The Royal Mounted Patrol (1941)
North of the Rockies (1942)
The Devil's Trail (1942)
Prairie Gunsmoke (1942)
Vengeance of the West (1942)
Fighting Frontier (1943)
The Stranger from Pecos (1943)
Batman (1943)
Six Gun Gospel (1943)
The Texas Kid (1943)
Smart Guy (1943)
Law Men (1944)
Ghost Guns (1944)
Land of the Outlaws (1944)
Partners of the Trail (1944)
Range Law (1944)
Beyond the Pecos (1945)
Stranger from Santa Fe (1945)
South of the Rio Grande (1945)
The Lost Trail (1945)
Frontier Feud (1945)
Flame of the West (1945)
Border Bandits (1946)
Trigger Fingers (1946)
Under Arizona Skies (1946)
The Gentleman from Texas (1946)
Shadows on the Range (1946)
Silver Range (1946)
Raiders of the South (1947)
Valley of Fear (1947)
Trailing Danger (1947)
Land of the Lawless (1947)
The Law Comes to Gunsight (1947)
Flashing Guns (1947)
Prairie Express (1947)
The Hat Box Mystery (1947)
Gun Talk (1947)
Song of the Drifter (1948)
Overland Trails (1948)
Oklahoma Blues (1948)
Crossed Trails (1948)
Partners of the Sunset (1948)
Frontier Agent (1948)
Range Renegades (1948)
The Fighting Ranger (1948)
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow (1948)
Outlaw Brand (1948)
Gun Runner (1949)
Gun Law Justice (1949)
Trails End (1949)
Haunted Trails (1949)
Riders of the Dusk (1949)
Range Land (1949)

Films directed by Roy William Neill

Films directed by Roy William Neill

The Mother Instinct (1917)
The Price Mark (1917)
Vive la France! (1918)
The Bandbox (1919)
The Woman Gives (1920)
Yes or No? (1920)
Dangerous Business (1920)
Something Different (1920)
The Idol of the North (1921)
The Conquest of Canaan (1921)
The Iron Trail (1921)
What's Wrong with the Women? (1922)
The Man from M.A.R.S (1922)
Toilers of the Sea (1923)
By Divine Right (1924)
Vanity's Price (1924)
Broken Laws (1924)
Percy (1925)
Marriage in Transit (1925)
The Kiss Barrier (1925)
Greater Than a Crown (1925)
The Cowboy and the Countess (1926)
The Fighting Buckaroo (1926)
A Man Four-Square (1926)
Black Paradise (1926)
The City (1926)
Marriage (1927)
The Arizona Wildcat (1927)
The Olympic Hero (1928)
Lady Raffles (1928)
The Viking (1928)
San Francisco Nights (1928)
Wall Street (1929)
Just Like Heaven (1930)
The Melody Man (1930)
Fifty Fathoms Deep (1931)
The Menace (1932)
That's My Boy (1932)
Above the Clouds (1933)
The Circus Queen Murder (1933)
Fury of the Jungle (1933)
The Ninth Guest (1934)
Black Moon (1934)
I'll Fix It (1934)
Jealousy (1934)
Eight Bells (1935)
The Black Room (1935)
Gypsy (1937)
Doctor Syn (1937)
The Viper (1938)
Simply Terrific (1938)
Thank Evans (1938)
Many Tanks Mr. Atkins (1938)
Everything Happens to Me (1938)
A Gentleman's Gentleman (1939)
Murder Will Out (1939)
His Brother's Keeper (1940)
Hoots Mon! (1940)
The Good Old Days (1940)
Eyes of the Underworld (1942)
Madame Spy (1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Rhythm of the Islands (1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The Spider Woman (1944)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Terror by Night (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)
Black Angel (1946)

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