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- A snobby finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
- Just as young Captain Brisk is about to leave for a long trip, he receives a letter from his sister: "My dear Ernest: I am so glad you are coming to see me on your next voyage, as you say your marriage will not change your love. I thank you for the money. With love, Your sister Ruth." In opening it, he cuts through the last phrase, "Your sister Ruth," and after reading the letter, in putting it back in the envelope, drops the main part on the floor, carrying the signature away with him. After he leaves, his wife discovers the letter on the floor. At once she decides that her husband is unfaithful to her and that he has an "affinity" in some other port. She makes up her mind to leave him forever. She writes him a note which she places on the table with the letter she found after he left. Sixteen months later the Captain returns to find his once-happy home deserted, the note from his wife on the table, and the explanation. Distraught, he makes every effort to find his wife and child, but cannot trace them. He leaves on another voyage, from which he does not return for 12 years. The Captain's little girl Ella grows up trying to be of assistance to her mother and conceives the idea of dressing like a boy, selling newspapers, and securing employment wherever possible. Running about the docks, she sees a sign, "Cabin Boy Wanted," makes application for the position, secures it, and sends word to her mother. In a spirit of fun, the sailors get her to walk the string-piece of the vessel, from which she falls overboard. The captain hears her cries, jumps in, and saves her. Meanwhile, Ella's mother receives the note, rushes down along the wharves until she comes to the brig, goes aboard and finds her child in the embrace of her husband. He takes from his trunk the torn letter and places the two pieces together, showing her that it was from his sister. She acknowledges her unjust mistake and they are happily reunited.
- Tristan Corbière's depiction of a dead fisherman's family life, told through pictures of the Mediterranean.
- The Golden Crown, a sailing vessel in the South Sea trade, is about to sail and there is no cabin boy aboard, the last one having run away from the brutality of the master and the mates. The ship is one of those floating hells now less common than twenty years ago, but still existent. A bright young newsie comes down the pier in the hope of disposing of his stock of papers and is asked if he wished to sail. He knows something of the reputation of the skipper and his bucko mates, and a smile and a shake of his head are his only reply. He seeks another part of the dock for a nap before the afternoon editions are out and some of the crew kidnap him and place him aboard. His independent spirit is constantly getting him into trouble with the domineering skipper and his bullying mates and a month or so later, when they have crossed the line and are sailing in southern waters, he has an encounter with the captain, while he is swabbing the deck. The captain's cuffs and curses are met with a blow from the mop and the bully's wrath boils over. The hoy will not make the abject apology that the captain demands and, wild with rage, he summons the mates and with wild imprecations declares that he will force the lad to cry for mercy. He is dragged into the galley, where the mates hold him while the cook burns a skull upon his breast, the ghastly emblem being seared deeply into the flesh. Even this torture does not break the boy's spirit, nor does the heavy revolver that is pressed against his breast by the now insane captain. But a shot is merciful and will not appease the brutal skipper. The boy is forced to leap from the ship's rail to battle with the waves until exhaustion shall mercifully end his torment. With the salt water cruelly torturing the raw flesh of the burns, the boy gamely keeps afloat and is brought within reach of an island inhabited only by savages. They make him captive and drag him off to the temple, where are practiced the horrible rites of the Skull Worshipers, whose infernal customs are even more revolting than those of the head hunters. The high priest, his race whitened to suggest the skull which is the fetish of their religion, prepares to decapitate the lad and prepare his skull for its place on the horrid altar. Bravely the boy bares his breast for the death blow, but to his surprise the priest falls in worship before him. He has seen the emblem and a moment later the horde of savages are groveling in the dirt of the floor before their new king. By a curious freak of fate the Golden Crown is wrecked near the same coast and the captain and his mates, escaping on a raft, are captured by the Skull Worshipers and carried before the king. He refuses them succor and turns them away, but the appearance of a United States warship and the landing of a crew changes the complexion of affairs. The officer in charge takes the sailors before the king, who tells his story. The captain and the mates are sent to the ship under arrest and the boy is given a choice between remaining a king or being taken back home. Home is a more potent attraction, and, after planting the American flag and enjoining his subjects to be obedient and loyal to the new authority, the little king takes his farewell and is carried off to the ship that will take him back home.
- A lad who is about to embark as a cabin boy is seen making his preparations with the help of his old grandmother. After much kissing and embracing, he finally departs, going off with a stalwart mariner. He is taken down to the pier where a big fishing schooner waits; and on board this craft he is soon about his new duties. Fate is hard with him, however, for a big bully takes a dislike to him, with the result that whenever he meets the lad it means beating for the latter. Another seaman interferes for the boy, however, and there are several scuffles between the two men. The boy bears all patiently and even writes cheerfully to his grandma telling her that he is well and learning rapidly, hoping to be a clever sailor some day. His sailor friend sees the boy and pats the boy fondly, but the big bully orders him off roughly. It is apparent that the boy's lot is a hard one, but he doesn't grumble, taking a beating stoically and sticking close to his duties. The scene now changes and shows a view of the ship, the men working in the rigging. Suddenly a huge sea comes over her and one of the sailors is carried into the ocean. He struggles about desperately and all seem to lose their presence of mind, when in an instant, the boy seizes the situation and the next moment has leaped into the water. He reaches the drowning man, and striking out desperately heads towards shore with his burden. His strength is giving out, but he struggles on and is soon washed upon the beach, where he falls unconscious. The rescued man, however, has now recovered, and taking the lad up in his arms carries him on his shoulders up a huge cliff and into the town, finally laying him down at the door of his home. The grandmother comes out in hysterics, but the boy soon recovers and his aged grandparent embraces him fondly, thanking the big seaman sincerely, while he in turn thanks his little rescuer.
- The film opens by showing the only son of a family leaving home to go aboard a ship. We next see him on the shore, talking to the captain, who, at first objects to having him take the dog, but at last consents. The next scene shows him sitting on the larboard side of the ship playing and kissing his dog. In the meantime the captain observes one of his sailors smoking a pipe, who objects to stop smoking at the command of the captain. The captain forcibly takes away the pipe from the sailor and throws it overboard. We next see the sailors in a group planning to kill the captain. The little cabin boy overhears their conversation and conveys his message to the captain, who goes after the crew with a pistol. They are frightened and remark that they will be good. But they do not, for they capture the little cabin boy and put him in a rowboat and leave him destitute on a barren island. In the meantime the captain notices that there is something wrong with the dog, who is vainly trying to get over the high fence at the side of the boat. The door is opened for the dog, who immediately jumps overboard, and the men follow quickly in pursuit. They discover the boy on the island, and so the film ends.
- Jim and Andy make plans to have a guys weekend at a mountain cabin. Before they leave, Andy gets a text message from his girlfriend saying she is leaving him. Things are not pleasant at the cabin.
- Episode: (2011)2010–7.9 (22)TV Episode
- 2021– 1h 2mPodcast Episode
- 2018– 1h 4mPodcast Episode
- Tom and Toni trade places. Toni learns the ropes while Tom gets into hot water with Cut-throat Jake. Caught in the cross-fire the daredevil pair swing in the rigging while Captain Pugwash takes the credit.
- 2017– 49mPodcast Episode
- 2016– 1h 3mPodcast Episode