The Unchanging Sea
| The Unchanging Sea | |
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_Film_Posters.jpg) Screenshot of the intro film "The Unchanging Sea" | |
| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by | Charles Kingsley (poem) |
| Starring | Arthur V. Johnson |
| Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
| Music by | Robert Israel |
| Distributed by | Biograph Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 14 minutes (18 frame/s) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
The Unchanging Sea is a 1910 American drama film that was directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the Library of Congress film archive.[1]
Plot
[edit]The film starts with intertitles which read "three fishers went sailing to the west, away to the west as the sun went down. Each thought on the woman who loved him best, and the women stood watching them out of the town." A young married couple are enjoying life by going to the beach. They run into workers on the beach and they all seem in awe of the happy couple. The young couple returns to the beach but the wife watches her husband go out to sea on a boat. She waves her husband and the other sailors goodbye and waits for them to return. Days go by and the wife and other wives return to the beach to see if they’ve returned. Three bodies are brought back to land from the ocean. One of them is the husband, whom the other fishermen manage to revive, but he has lost his memory. The wife brings her baby back to the same beach waiting for her husband to return. Years go by and the baby is now a child and they still go to the beach waiting for his return. The daughter marries a young fisherman. The wife now old goes to the beach and just weeps. The husband goes out to sea once more, and the familiar scene restores his memories. The couple reunites in the end after years.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Arthur V. Johnson as The Husband
- Linda Arvidson as The Wife
- Gladys Egan as The Daughter as a young girl
- Mary Pickford as The Daughter as a young woman
- Charles West as The Daughter's Sweetheart
- Dell Henderson as Rescuer
- Kate Bruce as Villager
- George Nichols
- Frank Opperman
- Alfred Paget as Villager
- Dorothy West as Villager
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Unchanging Sea". Silent Era. Retrieved November 28, 2009.
- ^ Griffith, D.W. "The Unchanging Sea". Youtube. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
External links
[edit]- The Unchanging Sea at IMDb
- The Unchanging Sea on YouTube
- The Unchanging Sea is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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