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.

• D.W. GriffithDirector

• Arthur V. JohnsonThe Fisherman
• Linda ArvidsonThe Fisherman's Wife
• Mary PickfordThe Daughter as an Adult
• Gladys EganThe Daughter as a Small Child
• Charles WestThe Daughter's Sweetheart
• Dell HendersonThe Rescuer
• Kate BruceVillager (uncredited)
• Alfred PagetVillager (uncredited)
• Frank OppermanIn Second Village (uncredited)
• Dorothy WestVillager (uncredited)