Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
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.
- Date of release
- 1909-10-28
- TMDB
- 4.2 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 11m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
Casting
- Linda Arvidson — Emily
- George Nichols — Joe
- James Kirkwood — Bill
- Kate Bruce — The Mother
- Marion Leonard — The Second Wife
- Dorothy West — The Second Wife's Friend
- Billy Quirk — First Couple / Fisherman
- Gertrude Robinson — First Couple
- Mary Pickford — Second Couple
- Frank Powell — The Doctor
- Mack Sennett — Fisherman in First Port
- Anthony O'Sullivan — Fisherman in First Port
Recommended
- The Congress 2013 · ★ 6.4
- The Pumpkin Eater 1964 · ★ 6.6
- The Visit 1964 · ★ 7.2
- Eleanor the Great 2025 · ★ 6.8
- Hands of Stone 2016 · ★ 6.6
- The Nest 2020 · ★ 6.1
- Come Sunday 2018 · ★ 5.8
- Fast Girls 2012 · ★ 6.0
- The River 1984 · ★ 6.4
- Bastard Out of Carolina 1996 · ★ 7.1
- Girl in the Box 2016 · ★ 6.7
- Hounddog 2008 · ★ 6.5