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The Unchanging Sea (1910)

The Unchanging Sea (1910)

Drama
Release Date: 1910, May 5
Directors: D.W. Griffith
Countries: United States of America
Production: Biograph Company
Cast: Dorothy West, Frank Opperman, Charles West, Mary Pickford, Dell Henderson, Kate Bruce, Alfred Paget, Linda Arvidson, Arthur V. Johnson, Gladys Egan

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

memory loss based on song, poem or rhyme silent film passage of time