The Sea Urchin is a 1913 American silent short romantic drama film directed by Edwin August and starring Jeanie MacPherson and Lon Chaney.
The story follows a hunchback fisherman who finds a young girl and raises her into womanhood with the intention of marrying her.
A hunchback fisherman named Barnacle Bill finds a young girl tied to a mast, the sole survivor of a shipwreck, and raises her into womanhood with the intention of making her his wife.
[4] The Moving Picture World said the film was a memorable offering that contained vivid scenes along a picturesque coast.
[7] Advertisements for the film included theaters in Pennsylvania,[8][9] Texas,[10][11] Kansas,[12] Louisiana,[13] Indiana,[14] Utah,[15] and New York.
[1] Martin F. Norden, author of The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies, describes the plot as following the prevailing industry standards of disabled characters, where the figure "nobly" withdraws from the relationship after plotting revenge and then saving his beloved.