The Lighthouse by the Sea
About The Lighthouse by the Sea
An old keeper lives with two daughters, each engaged to a fisherman. The men sail on a long voyage. Word comes that their vessel has struck the shoals. The family searches the rocks and sees one lover on a spar and the other farther out. Their brother can save only one.
Cast & crew
More about The Lighthouse by the Sea
Edwin S. Porter directed. Bannister Merwin wrote the scenario. Edison produced it, and General Film distributed it. Released September 15, 1911, as one reel. Charles Sutton plays the keeper.
Themes
Background
A one-reel Edison drama of 1911, released the same year as a flood of lighthouse and shipwreck shorts.
Look
Ernest Haller is credited as cinematographer on the film's credits.
Preservation
A print is held by the EYE Filmmuseum, catalogued FLM38670.
Notes
- Mabel Trunnelle and Laura Sawyer play the two daughters. Richard Neill plays the son.
- James Gordon and Herbert Prior play the two fishermen.
- A Moving Picture World synopsis stops at the choice of which man the brother will save.
- The EYE Filmmuseum print is catalogued as FLM38670.
Scenes
- The family sees one lover clinging to a spar and the other still farther out in the water.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons
