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Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909, Oct 27
0h 11m
Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bill marries another woman from a different port. Emily waits faithfully for six years, finally becoming dangerously ill. When Bill suddenly appears in town with his family, Joe, who has loved Emily all along, forces Bill to make Emily's final moments happy by pretending he has returned to marry her.
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Written by
Stanner E.V. Taylor, D.W. Griffith
Mary Pickford
Second Couple
Dell Henderson
George Nichols
Joe
Owen Moore
Fisherman in Second Port
Kathlyn Williams
Extra
Charles West
Florence Lawrence
Kate Bruce
The Mother
Frank Powell
The Doctor
Arthur V. Johnson
Linda Arvidson
Emily
Billy Quirk
First Couple / Fisherman
James Kirkwood
Bill
Dorothy West
The Second Wife's Friend
Marion Leonard
The Second Wife
Gertrude Robinson
First Couple
Anthony O'Sullivan
Fisherman in First Port
Frank Evans
Fisherman in First Port
Harriet Quimby
Fishermaiden
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