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On the wide waste of waters a raft is seen. Upon it are a man and a woman. We can enter into their sufferings, for we see the man rise and shake a white fabric in the air as if hailing ... See full summary
On the wide waste of waters a raft is seen. Upon it are a man and a woman. We can enter into their sufferings, for we see the man rise and shake a white fabric in the air as if hailing approaching deliverance. But when the deliveries arrive they find the man dead and his wife also no more. When they reach the raft they also see beside the dead bodies the live one of a child. This is, as it were, the prologue of the story. Fifteen years pass and we see the child grown into a girl, who attracts the attentions of a banker's son living in her neighborhood. She yields to his embraces. It is soon evident that he is not sincere in his protestations, for he seeks the hand of another girl more his social equal. Then the fisher-lad lover of the girl witnesses the banker boy's fickle act and subsequently both young men quarrel over the sea waif. She, however, interferes and parts the contestants. The story leads us to the grave of the girl's parents, over which the banker's son tells the girl of...

Released as a split reel along with $5,000 Reward (1909) and The Omnibus Taxicab (1909).

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    • Author: Nuadabandis
    Simple enough in all conscience, but nevertheless a positive relief to many more pretentious stories that are just now being shown on the screen. It is a boy and girl subject and it will please the lovers, a large number of whom always make up an audience. The story is easy to understand, and if there is nothing particularly novel in it, it is at least clearly and convincingly told. The photographic part of the work has been extremely well done. Indeed the Kalem Company is rapidly attaining a very enviable position in technique. Moreover, the scenes against which the story is photographed are beautiful, natural and pleasant to look at. Here are no painted cloths or made-up buildings, but just the scenes of pretty actuality. The film is cleverly tinted in parts, and altogether "The Child of the Sea" is just one of those pleasing subjects, naturally acted and skillfully photographed, which, we are sure, will successfully appeal to moving picture audiences wherever it is shown. - The Moving Picture World, June 5, 1909
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