A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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A Nymph of the Waves
(1900) United States of America
B&W : 150 feet
Directed by F.S. Armitage

Cast: Catarina Bartho

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Produced by William K.L. Dickson. Cinematography by William K.L. Dickson. / © 24 April 1903 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H30731]. Released December 1900. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was also sold in a 25-foot length.

Experimental.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] This is a double-printing picture combining a view of Mlle. Cathrina Bartho in her celebrated “Speedway” dance, with one of the Whirlpool Rapids of Niagara Falls, the resulting effect being that the dancer appears to be gliding over the surface of the rushing waters.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 30 June 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.