The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
About The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
In a fishing village, Bill and Mary grow up together. Ten years later he gives her a ring and they renew the promise. Walking the shore, Bill sees a raft with a body on it, swims out, and finds a fisherman collapsed on the boards. He and others push the raft in and revive the man, whose name is Joe. Bill and Joe become friends. Mary falls for Joe and drops Bill.
Cast & crew
More about The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
D. W. Griffith directed. Stanner E. V. Taylor wrote it. Billy Bitzer photographed it. Biograph released it in 1910. Wikidata gives the length as 17 minutes. Mary Pickford and Henry B. Walthall lead. Edward Dillon, Gladys Egan, W. Chrystie Miller, and Marion Leonard are billed.
Themes
Making
Griffith shot the village story with the Biograph company, using the shore for the raft rescue and a domestic set for the ring and the break.
Look
Billy Bitzer photographed the shore rescue and the village scenes.
Notes
- The rescue is a swim to a raft, not a boat launch.
- Joe's name is given after he is revived on the beach.
- Mary's break with Bill comes after the two men are already friends.
- Pickford plays Mary. Walthall is in the lead trio. The published synopsis does not assign which man is Bill and which is Joe.
- Biograph distributed its own one-reelers in 1910.
Scenes
- Bill gives Mary the ring after ten years.
- He swims to the raft and brings Joe ashore.
- Mary sets Bill aside for Joe.
