The Sea Waif (1918)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1918-12-30
Director: Frank Reicher
Writers: Howard Irving Young , Harry O. Hoyt , Hamilton Smith
Language: None
Stars: Louise Huff , John Bowers , Tony Merlo , Henry Warwick , Robert Broderick , Clay Clement , Florence Malone , Louis Reinhard , T. Tamamoto , Charles Dewey
Runtime: 50 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Sea Waif (United Kingdom) , The Sea Waif , The Sea Waif (United States of America)
Plot: Harry Caton, a popular New York musical-comedy star, loses his voice on stage and then journeys to a small town on the New England coast to recuperate. Here Harry meets the beautiful Nancy Potter when he defends her against the drunken advances of Silas Jones, her father's friend. Although his daughter believes that he is a fisherman, Cail Potter is actually a thief, robbing houses along the coast with Silas as his accomplice. When Cail robs the wealthy Col. Brett's home, he finds an old miniature of a woman who exactly resembles Nancy, whom Cail rescued from a wrecked boat when she was just a year old. Soon after the robbery, Harry learns that the police are about to raid Cail's house, but Silas knocks him unconscious when he attempts to warn Nancy. Cail is shot, but before his death, he reveals the miniature and confesses that Nancy is Col. Brett's long-lost daughter. Her prospects appear even brighter when Harry, upon recovering from Silas' blow, declares that he loves her.
IMDB:tt0009589