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  • The Captain's Bride (1910)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Captain's Bride (1910)
Short | Short, Drama
The opening scene introduces us to the betrothal of a young couple in the far west, and we follow their fortunes in the next scene to a honeymoon on board ship. The day is bright and the passengers are enjoying a stroll upon the deck. Then...See moreThe opening scene introduces us to the betrothal of a young couple in the far west, and we follow their fortunes in the next scene to a honeymoon on board ship. The day is bright and the passengers are enjoying a stroll upon the deck. Then there is a sudden transition, for the next scene carries us to a storm at midnight. The sky is black and no land is visible through the darkness. We are next apprised that the shipwreck is seen from the shore by catching a glimpse of the rocks and the life-saving crew making efforts to reach the vessel in distress. Flashing back to the ship, we see the life boat lowered, the decks cleared and the ship apparently deserted. Then suddenly from the cabin appear our young lovers, who had evidently not been aroused in time to make the life boat. Next we see the powerful captain of the life-saving crew on shore taking the rope in his teeth and starting his heroic swim through the breakers. On the ship the young lover is struck by a falling soar and hurled out of sight just before the captain climbs over the rail and finds the girl lying unconscious upon the deck. Taking her in his arms he begins his awful struggle with the waves and tide, and finally reaches the shore in safety with his burden. Then follow scenes in the captain's hut. The girl is restored to consciousness, but not to memory. The rough crew on the out-of-the-way island take every care of the girl and she becomes apparently perfectly normal, but does not recover her sense of the past. Of course, each one of the crew falls desperately in love with her. Then they decide that it is not right that the girl should be there alone with men, and that someone should marry her and take care of her, and the choice is finally left to her. Unconscious of the past, the girl chooses the captain who has saved her life and whom she has learned to love in her present personality. Meanwhile some scenes have shown the husband afloat on a spar and picked up by a ship, and thus it happens that when the little wedding procession starts from the station towards the church they are met on the way by a strange man who confronts them and halts their progress. The situation is intensely dramatic, for the girl, in spite of the fact that she stands face to face to face with her young husband, is still absolutely unconscious of the fact and wholly fails to recognize or remember him. He pleads with her and tries to recall the scenes of their courtship and marriage, but she turns from him to the stalwart captain whom she is about to marry, as if for protection. Then the young husband remembers the little bit of lover's by-play which had been a part of their courtship, and it flashes across his mind that this suggestion may serve to remind her, even though his face has failed to do. In imitation of a man drawing a pistol, he puts his hand to his hip pocket and points his finger at her. The gesture had been used between them so many times that as she sees the familiar movement it suddenly flashes into her mind that there is something that has been forgotten. At once the train of memory is started and it leads to complete recognition at last. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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John Luther Long (story)
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Updated Dec 9, 1910
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Dec 9, 1910 (United States)

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