As the movie was released in 1910, it was of course a very short one-reeler--like most films of the day. However, only a year later, D. W. Griffith was now making slightly longer films and he did a remake, of sorts, of this film and stretched it from the original 13 minutes to 33 in ENOCH ARDEN.
A man marries and goes to sea. The boat is lost and they find three corpses that wash up on the shore. The married guy is not among them, but he is presumed to be lost at sea. The widow never remarries but she remains just in case he shows up as well as to raise their only child. Towards the end, a silly plot device is revealed, as the husband is alive and has amnesia!!! When he stumbles onto his old stomping grounds after many, many years, he remembers everything and returns to his faithful bride. That's about it.
A man marries and goes to sea. The boat is lost and they find three corpses that wash up on the shore. The married guy is not among them, but he is presumed to be lost at sea. The widow never remarries but she remains just in case he shows up as well as to raise their only child. Towards the end, a silly plot device is revealed, as the husband is alive and has amnesia!!! When he stumbles onto his old stomping grounds after many, many years, he remembers everything and returns to his faithful bride. That's about it.