The Unchanging Sea (1910)

The Unchanging Sea

1910

Drama

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 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.

Credits

Director

D.W. Griffith

Cast

Alfred Paget as Villager (uncredited)

Arthur V. Johnson as The Fisherman

Charles West as The Daughter's Sweetheart

Dell Henderson as The Rescuer

Dorothy West as Villager (uncredited)

Frank Opperman as In Second Village (uncredited)

Gladys Egan as The Daughter as a Small Child

Kate Bruce as Villager (uncredited)