Two scenes make this otherwise unwatchable melodrama slightly interesting. It is when we see the fishermen's wives looking out at the sea from the shore: first one woman only, while the boat carrying her husband is launched and leaves to sea, then three wives in a stunning composition, as they wait for their men. Scenes like these are probably among the first in cinema showing -from a subjective point of view- the concerns and desperation of a character being abandoned by a loved one. And they do it in a fashion that has become almost common cinema grammar ever since.
Other than that, this is a typical Griffith one-reeler: trite melodrama, slow pacing, unwatchable acting.
Other than that, this is a typical Griffith one-reeler: trite melodrama, slow pacing, unwatchable acting.