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The Tides of Sorrow
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by J. Farrell MacDonald
Cast: Charles H. West (Charles West) [Captain Ford], Claire McDowell [Ruth], Frank Evans [Elliot], William J. Butler [Ruth’s father], Kate Bruce [Ford’s mother]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 30 October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Captain Ford of the fishing crew is in love with Ruth, daughter of an old fisherman, but the girl has a sweetheart, one Elliot, a dissolute scamp. On the fishing banks, alone with Elliot in a dory, Ford has a struggle with the drunken man and Elliot is drowned. When the ship returns Ford is tried for Elliot’s murder and found guilty on circumstantial evidence. Ruth accuses him, “You have killed Elliot because I loved him.”
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 October 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.
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