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The Ocean Waif

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The Ocean Waif	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Ocean Waif is a 1916 film by Hollywood's first female director, Alice Guy (sometimes also credited by her married name, Alice Guy-Blache).Millie Jessop, the ocean waif, is a young woman (actress Doris Kenyon was 19) living in the seaside shack of one Hy Jessop, who apparently found her when she washed up on the beach from a shipwreck as an infant. (How a baby survived a shipwreck is a question left unanswered.) At least 15 years or so as her guardian has not caused Hy to have any paternal feelings towards her; instead he treats her cruelly and regards her as a live-in slave. One day a raging Hy starts to beat on Millie. Handicapped neighbor boy Sem, who likes Millie, intervenes, and Millie escapes. She makes her way through the woods to an empty but strangely well-maintained mansion, where she takes shelter.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Meanwhile, novelist Ronald Roberts is looking for a secluded place to stay while he starts working on his latest book. His valet, Hawkins, finds him the perfect quiet place to write: an empty house close to the seashore. Ronald rents the place, despite tales from the villagers that it's haunted by the ghost of a young woman. Sure enough, when Ronald and Hawkins arrive, they find that there's another presence in the house.One of only three feature films by Hollywood's first female director, Alice Guy, to survive—although it isn't a feature anymore. Large chunks of the film are missing; the surviving print is only 34 minutes long. The film as now available has title cards added during 21st century restoration to fill in the gaps in the story.
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The Ocean Waif / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Ocean Waif / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Chekhov's hunting rifle and Chekhov's caliber. A scene shows Ronald and Sem both purchasing .22 caliber ammo for their rifles. Sem later shoots Hy to death. When Ronald is found at the scene with his .22 rifle, which has just been fired (he was hunting in the vicinity), Ronald is charged with murder.
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The Ocean Waif / int_5cd8680b	type	Doorstop Baby
The Ocean Waif / int_5cd8680b	comment	Doorstop Baby: Somehow, infant Millie washed up on the beach and was taken in by abusive ogre Hy.
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The Ocean Waif / int_93decddf	type	Ominous Owl
The Ocean Waif / int_93decddf	comment	Ominous Owl: Millie is spooked by an owl in the attic of the empty mansion. (This effect is undercut due to being represented by a still only, this portion of the footage being lost.)
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The Ocean Waif / int_a293102a	type	Eek, a Mouse!!
The Ocean Waif / int_a293102a	comment	Eek, a Mouse!!: Millie jumps under the covers of a bed in terror after seeing mice leaving a mouse hole in the mansion.
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The Ocean Waif / int_a82ff02f	type	Meet Cute
The Ocean Waif / int_a82ff02f	comment	Meet Cute: Ronald moves in to the mansion that Millie is occupying. He finally finds her hiding under a bedsheet.
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The Ocean Waif / int_a8556a04	type	Video Credits
The Ocean Waif / int_a8556a04	comment	Video Credits: At the beginning of the film. This was a very common trope in the silent era and through the early talkie era.
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The Ocean Waif / int_aef5c283	type	Off-into-the-Distance Ending
The Ocean Waif / int_aef5c283	comment	Off-into-the-Distance Ending: A title card that says "A voyage of discovery" shows newlyweds Millie and Ronald sailing away on their honeymoon.
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The Ocean Waif / int_c5b47b36	type	Offscreen Moment of Awesome
The Ocean Waif / int_c5b47b36	comment	Offscreen Moment of Awesome: The entire resolution to Ronald's murder trial is missing from the surviving footage. Apparently Sem showed up in court, confessed to the murder, was chased by police with bloodhounds, and wound up jumping off a cliff to his death. All of this is told with a single title card.
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The Ocean Waif / int_f42f96fa	type	Would Hit a Girl
The Ocean Waif / int_f42f96fa	comment	Would Hit a Girl: Hy Jessop beats and abuses his ward.
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The Ocean Waif / int_f4b744f5	type	Unkempt Beauty
The Ocean Waif / int_f4b744f5	comment	Unkempt Beauty: The incredibly gorgeous Doris Kenyon has a single smudge on her cheek to show that Millie is a trod-upon, abused stepchild. She still has long, cascading wavy hair, too.
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The Ocean Waif / int_faa71569	type	Romantic False Lead
The Ocean Waif / int_faa71569	comment	Romantic False Lead: Ronald's fiancee Ruth, who hasn't even appeared onscreen yet when Millie shows up and makes it obvious that she's a goner. When Ruth arrives she's a haughty snob who soon dumps Ronald, likely to his relief.
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