Little Pierre, the youngest of a long line of seafarers, has been brought up by his grandparents to embrace the same calling. While still a child he plights his troth to his playmate ... See full summary
A Sailor's Friendship (1910) Online
Little Pierre, the youngest of a long line of seafarers, has been brought up by his grandparents to embrace the same calling. While still a child he plights his troth to his playmate sweetheart, Janick, and then accompanied by his comrade, Jacquemin, ships on board a large vessel. Fifteen years pass and Pierre does not return. The grandfather is growing old and feeble, when Jacquemin returns announcing that Pierre has disappeared during a fight and is thought to be dead. The grandmother grieves for her husband, who she fears will not recover for the shock, and implores Jacquemin to announce himself as Pierre. The sailor consents and the old man and Janick rejoice, but when he falls in love with the latter he feels he can no longer deceive her and confesses to her that he is not Pierre. The same day Pierre returns unharmed to claim his own. The truth cannot now be withheld from the old man, and Jacquemin, heartbroken, makes his preparations to return to the sea. Pierre, however, seeing...
Original French title is undetermined.