The Unchanging Sea (1910)
Synopsis
In 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.
Director
D.W. Griffith
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
The Unchanging Sea
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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)
Frank Opperman
In Second Village (uncredited)
Dorothy West
Villager (uncredited)
