A Salutary Lesson

During a stay at beach resort Mr. and Mrs. Randall neglect their daughter and follow their own interests. Mrs. Randall entertains the local minister, while Mr. Randall agrees to take his daughter on a walk along the beach. However, he is attracted by a flirtatious young woman, and the little girl wanders off on her own. She clambers onto a seaside rock where she falls asleep, unmindful of the incoming tide. Her parents at last notice her absence and begin searching for her. However, the incoming tide has by this time surrounded her rock, cutting her off from land. A lifeguard hears her cries and swims to the rescue just as the rising tide is about to engulf her. The child is returned to her parents, who receive from their near tragedy a salutary lesson in the importance of being more careful parents.

Charles West

Mr. Randall

Stephanie Longfellow

Mrs. Randall

Gladys Egan

The Randall Child

Jeanie Macpherson

The Friend

Vivian Prescott

The Woman on the Beach

Alfred Paget

The Rescuer

Kate Toncray

The Maid

Marion Leonard

Miss Leonard

Charles Craig

The Wife's Visitor

• D.W. GriffithDirector

Release date

August 11, 1910

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

17m

Genres

Drama

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• It Happened in Paris

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• West Wind

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• The Bridal Chair

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  His Wife's Money

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• Lucky Dog

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