The Unchanging Sea
1910 · 14 min
Drama
★ 6.5In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young couple's happy life is turned about by an accident. The husband, although saved from drowning, loses his memory. A child is on the way, and soon a daughter is born to his wife. We watch the passage of time, as his daughter matures and his wife ages. The daughter becomes a lovely young woman, herself ready for marriage. One day on the beach, the familiarity of the sea and the surroundings triggers a return of her father's memory, and we are reminded that although people age and change, the sea and the ways of the fisherfolk remain eternal.
Crew
- Director D.W. Griffith
- Director of Photography Billy Bitzer
Cast
Arthur V. Johnson
The Fisherman
Linda Arvidson
The Fisherman's Wife
Mary Pickford
The Daughter as an Adult
Gladys Egan
The Daughter as a Small Child
Charles West
The Daughter's Sweetheart
Dell Henderson
The Rescuer
Kate Bruce
Villager (uncredited)
Alfred Paget
Villager (uncredited)
Dorothy West
Villager (uncredited)
Frank Opperman
In Second Village (uncredited)
Crew
- Director — D.W. Griffith
- Director of Photography — Billy Bitzer
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