The Girl of the Coral Reefs - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

A shipwreck occurs on the "Coral Reefs." By some miraculous chance, a babe was saved by some fishermen. The child, grown in womanhood, is the idol of the plain fisher folk. An American artist spies a beautiful girl pitching shells from the...See moreA shipwreck occurs on the "Coral Reefs." By some miraculous chance, a babe was saved by some fishermen. The child, grown in womanhood, is the idol of the plain fisher folk. An American artist spies a beautiful girl pitching shells from the sea. He is struck with her beauty and asks her to pose for him; the girl, frightened at the sight of the stranger, flees to her adopted mother for protection. The artist follows and explains to the mother, who calms her daughter's nervous fears, and she consents to pose for the picture. A young fisherman, in love with the lass, perceives her posing for the artist. He hurls a stone upon the scene below, which strikes the artist upon the shoulders missing the head. He is carried to the girl's home, where he is nursed tenderly and in the course of a few weeks is able to prepare for his departure. He receives a telegram from his mother, who was notified of his accident and she soon arrives from the mainland. The girl is called and the lady recognizes the locket and narrates the story of the burning ship when she was separated from husband and baby, thinking them both lost. Here she has found her child and the artist a new sister. With regret the girl is given to her mother and they depart for the mainland where we discover the girl is surrounded by all the luxuries she could desire. "The call of the Sea" is, however, too strong within her. She is unhappy and knowing nothing but the simple life, she longs to return; unable to restrain her feelings she steals from her new villa home in her fisher-girl garb and appears at her humble home happy in the love of the only mother she has ever known and in the devotion of the plain fisher boy of the coral reefs. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less