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.

• Release date
• May 5, 1910
• Runtime
• 14 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• D.W. Griffith

Cast

Arthur V. Johnson The Fisherman Linda Arvidson The Fisherman's Wife Mary Pickford The Daughter as an Adult Gladys Egan The Daughter as a Small Child Charles West The Daughter's Sweetheart Dell Henderson The Rescuer Kate Bruce Villager (uncredited) Alfred Paget Villager (uncredited)