The Unchanging Sea
6.4
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.
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Cast
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Arthur V. Johnson
The Fisherman
Known for
Those Awful Hats
A Corner in Wheat
Linda Arvidson
The Fisherman's Wife
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
Those Awful Hats
Mary Pickford
The Daughter as an Adult
Known for
The Lonely Villa
Gladys Egan
The Daughter as a Small Child
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
The Lonely Villa
Charles West
The Daughter's Sweetheart
Also in
In the Border States
The Female of the Species
Dell Henderson
The Rescuer
Known for
The Crowd
Show People
Kate Bruce
Villager (uncredited)
Known for
Way Down East
A Corner in Wheat
Alfred Paget
Villager (uncredited)
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Dorothy West
Villager (uncredited)
Known for
Those Awful Hats
Frank Opperman
In Second Village (uncredited)
Known for
His Favorite Pastime
D.W. Griffith Director · Billy Bitzer Cinematographer
United States release May 5, 1910 · Produced in United States · Production American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production
Biograph Company
Production
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · May 5, 1910
Theatrical
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