
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.


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.

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)

Frank Opperman
In Second Village (uncredited)

Dorothy West
Villager (uncredited)
The Unchanging Sea is a drama film released in 1910 exploring themes of memory loss, based on song, poem or rhyme, silent film, passage of time. Directed by D.W. Griffith, it stars Arthur V. Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Mary Pickford. 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.
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