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Wanted, A Mother

191850mMovieDrama

Neglected by her grief-stricken father, a doctor, after the tragic death of his wife, little Eileen Homer changes the wording of her father's ad for a governess to read: "Wanted, a mother." After much melodrama that’s just what she gets.

DirectorHarley Knoles
WritersVirginia Tyler Hudson·Julia Burnham
ProducerWilliam A. Brady

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Cast · Directed by Harley Knoles

MEMadge Evans
Madge Evans
Eileen Homer
GMGeorge MacQuarrie
George MacQuarrie
Dr. Homer
GHGerda Holmes
Gerda Holmes
Dr. Thelma Winter
AFAlec B. Francis
Alec B. Francis
Dr. Thayer
LBLionel Belmore
Lionel Belmore
Giuseppe
TE
Tom Evans
Giuseppe's son
RH
Rosina Henley
Marie
HB
Harry Bartlett
James

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Wanted, A Mother hasn't started streaming in India yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 6, 1918. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.