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.
Stanner E.V. Taylor
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Writer, Director
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
The Congress64%
The Pumpkin Eater67%
The Visit72%
Eleanor the Great69%
Fast Girls61%
Hands of Stone66%
La joven69%
Girl in the Box67%
Hounddog64%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Holy Lands61%
Bastard Out of Carolina71%
Beast62%
Goodbye June66%
Jawbone61%
Charm City Kings78%
Salomé62%
Not Without Hope61%
What Maisie Knew71%
The Safety of Objects65%
