The Unchanging Sea (1910)

1910 · Silent film · 13 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

• Drama

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Synopsis

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…

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Details

Director

D.W. Griffith

Cinematography

Billy Bitzer

Studio

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Released

1910-05-05

Running time

13 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Arthur V. Johnson
• Linda Arvidson
• Mary Pickford
• Gladys Egan
• Charles West
• Dell Henderson
• Kate Bruce
• Alfred Paget

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