The Sea Waif (1918)
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.
Director:
Frank Reicher
Writers:
Hamilton Smith, Harry O. Hoyt.
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Louise Huff as Nancy Potter |
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John Bowers as Harry Caton |
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Robert Broderick as Cail Potter |
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Clay Clement as Silas Jones |
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Florence Malone as Mrs. Chester |
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Tony Merlo as Phil Warren |
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Henry Warwick as Colonel Brett |
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Louis Reinhard as Rankin |
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T. Tamamoto as Japanese Servant |
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Charles Dewey as Town Marshal |
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Helen Russell as Chaperone |
| Writing | Hamilton Smith | Screenplay |
| Directing | Frank Reicher | Director |
| Writing | Howard Irving Young | Story |
| Writing | Harry O. Hoyt | Screenplay |
