The original love triangle that invented the 'husband returns from dead' trope — D.W. Griffith edition.
Moving Picture World described the film: "There is a small need to describe this subject as the poem of Lord Tennyson is so well known, so suffice it to say that this Biograph subject is an unusually faithful portrayal of that beautiful romance of Enoch Arden, Annie Lee and Philip Ray, taken in scenes of rare beauty". This is the combined feature version of Enoch Arden Parts I and II.
Cinematography
Griffith's seascapes invented movie pretty.
Acting
Wilfred Lucas suffers beautifully in silence.
Director
D.W. Griffith
Wilfred Lucas
Enoch Arden
Linda Arvidson
Annie Lee
Francis J. Grandon
Philip Ray
George Nichols
Ship's Captain
Edward Dillon
Joseph Graybill
Shipwrecked Sailor
Alfred Paget
Shipwrecked Sailor
Grace Henderson
Jeanie Macpherson
Woman on the Beach
Blanche Sweet
Woman on the Beach
Robert Harron
Enoch's Teenage Son
Florence La Badie
Enoch's Teenage Daughter
Edward Dillon
Rescuer
Grace Henderson
Innkeeper
Jeanie Macpherson
Philip Ray's Maid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tennyson's 1864 poem was so ubiquitous that Griffith assumed audiences needed zero plot explanation — the original 'based on the bestselling...'
This two-parter consolidation shows Griffith already experimenting with feature-length storytelling, planting seeds for his three-hour epics later.
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