The Mate of the Alden Bessie 112 years old

The captain of the "Alden Bessie" was a drunken tyrant who manhandled his men upon the slightest provocation, despite the pleadings of his daughter and the first mate who loved her in his rough way, but for whom she could feel only friendship. One night the crew killed him, and marooned the mate and the captain's daughter by sending them adrift in a small boat. Days passed upon the vast expanse of ocean, and their food was all gone and death near, when land was sighted and their boat was cast up on a coral reef, and they with difficulty made the shore. Fear of death was soon supplanted in the heart of the captain's daughter by fear of a man loving her all too well. The mate, seeing this and realizing the strength of his passion, decided to live on the side of the island, but as the months passed away his loneliness overcame him and he made his way to where she sat reading. He looked over her shoulder, and saw that she read the marriage service.

Credits

The Mate of the Alden Bessie Cast

Name Character
Hobart Bosworth He was 44, 76 years old when he died as The First Mate
Tom Santschi He was 31, 50 years old when he died as The 'Sea Lawyer'
Frank Opperman He was 48, now 64 years old as The Man at the Wheel

The Mate of the Alden Bessie Crew

Name Department
Hobart Bosworth as Director. He was 44 (76) years old when He died Directing
The Mate of the Alden Bessie poster
The Mate of the Alden Bessie (112 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, January 04, 1912
  • Runtime: 12 minutes