The Mender of Nets
1912 · 14 min
D.W. GriffithCast
Mary Pickford Charles West Marguerite Marsh W. Chrystie Miller 
Dell Henderson Frank Opperman
Credits
Cinematography: G.W. Bitzer
Plot
A young woman who works mending fishermen's nets is engaged to be married. But her fiancé has an old love who refuses to let him go.
Sinekatalog’s take
A simple silent romance of a net-mending girl engaged to a man who cannot shake off an old love. It sets honest labor against jealous interference. Gentle, pretty and quick.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.1 / 10 (301 votes)
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