The Unchanging Sea

May 5, 1910

0h 14m

★ 6.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

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Cast

The Fisherman

Arthur V. Johnson

The Fisherman's Wife

Linda Arvidson

The Daughter as an Adult

Mary Pickford

The Daughter as a Small Child

Gladys Egan

The Daughter's Sweetheart

Charles West

The Rescuer

Dell Henderson

Villager (uncredited)

Kate Bruce

Villager (uncredited)

Alfred Paget

In Second Village (uncredited)

Frank Opperman

Villager (uncredited)

Dorothy West

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