The Sorrows of the Unfaithful

The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910) blends Drama elements. Top cast includes Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, and Edward Dillon. The plot follows a central conflict that grows in scope as the film progresses.

Actor: Mary Pickford • Genre: Drama movies

In a quaint fishing village Bill and Mary are childhood sweethearts. Ten years roll by, and the boy, now a young man, gives the girl a ring and they now renew their vows. They are both very happy until fate interferes. Bill, while strolling on the shore, espies a raft with an object on it that looks like a human being, far out at sea. He swims to the raft and finds an exhausted fisherman lying prone upon it. Pushing the raft to the shore, he, with the aid of others, revives the stranger. Joe is the stranger's name and he and Bill become staunch friends. Mary becomes smitten with Joe and cruelly casts Bill aside.