The Unchanging Sea

The Unchanging Sea

14 mins | Drama | May 5, 1910

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.

The Unchanging Sea

14 mins | Drama | May 5, 1910

The Unchanging Sea
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title The Unchanging Sea
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers

Cast

Arthur V. Johnson

as The Fisherman

Linda Arvidson

as The Fisherman's Wife

Mary Pickford

as The Daughter as an Adult

Gladys Egan

as The Daughter as a Small Child

Charles West

as The Daughter's Sweetheart

Dell Henderson

as The Rescuer

Kate Bruce

as Villager (uncredited)

Alfred Paget

as Villager (uncredited)

Frank Opperman

as In Second Village (uncredited)

Dorothy West

as Villager (uncredited)