Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

11 mins | Drama | Oct. 27, 1909

Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bill marries another woman from a different port. Emily waits faithfully for six years, finally becoming dangerously ill. When Bill suddenly appears in town with his family, Joe, who has loved Emily all along, forces Bill to make Emily's final moments happy by pretending he has returned to marry her.

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

11 mins | Drama | Oct. 27, 1909

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bill marries another woman from a different port. Emily waits faithfully for six years, finally becoming dangerously ill. When Bill suddenly appears in town with his family, Joe, who has loved Emily all along, forces Bill to make Emily's final moments happy by pretending he has returned to marry her.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers Stanner E.V. Taylor, D.W. Griffith

Cast

Linda Arvidson

as Emily

James Kirkwood

as Bill

Kate Bruce

as The Mother

Marion Leonard

as The Second Wife

Dorothy West

as The Second Wife's Friend

Billy Quirk

as First Couple / Fisherman

Gertrude Robinson

as First Couple

Mary Pickford

as Second Couple

Frank Powell

as The Doctor

Mack Sennett

as Fisherman in First Port

Anthony O'Sullivan

as Fisherman in First Port

Owen Moore

as Fisherman in Second Port