During a stay at beach resort Mr. and Mrs. Randall neglect their daughter and follow their own interests. Mrs. Randall entertains the local minister, while Mr. Randall agrees to take his daughter on a walk along the beach. However, he is attracted by a flirtatious young woman, and the little girl wanders off on her own. She clambers onto a seaside rock where she falls asleep, unmindful of the incoming tide. Her parents at last notice her absence and begin searching for her. However, the incoming tide has by this time surrounded her rock, cutting her off from land. A lifeguard hears her cries and swims to the rescue just as the rising tide is about to engulf her. The child is returned to her parents, who receive from their near tragedy a salutary lesson in the importance of being more careful parents.
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Charles West
Mr. Randall
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Stephanie Longfellow
Mrs. Randall
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D.W. Griffith
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Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
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William J. Butler
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
D. W. Griffith
Gladys Egan
The Randall Child
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
The Lonely Villa
Jeanie Macpherson
The Friend
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
Vivian Prescott
The Woman on the Beach
Also in
A Child's Impulse
The Manicure Lady
Alfred Paget
The Rescuer
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Kate Toncray
The Maid
Also in
The White Caps
The Miser's Heart
Marion Leonard
Miss Leonard
Known for
The Lonely Villa
Charles Craig
The Wife's Visitor
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
D.W. Griffith Director
United States release August 11, 1910 · Produced in United States · Production American Mutoscope & Biograph
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Biograph Company
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American Mutoscope & Biograph
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United States
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English
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No dialogue
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United States · August 11, 1910
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