''A Nymph of the Waves'' is a silent,

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film produced in the year 1900 by

Frederick S. Armitage Frederick S. Armitage (June 19, 1874 in Seneca Falls, New York – January 3, 1933 in Ecorse, Michigan) was an early American motion picture cinematographer and director, working primarily for the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Often ...

for American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Armitage's main claim to fame is film direction; but this is one of the few films he is known to have worked on as a

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Synopsis

True to its title, the one-minute film shows a young woman dancing on the waves. The nymph in question is played by Catarina Bartho, a well-known dancer of the time. Though, whatever water can be seen in the preserved film are the roiling waves behind her. Donning a flowing white dress, she performs a mix of dance genres, with ballet kicks and twirls. While she moves as if dancing on water, it is easy to see today that the dance is superimposed on another video of moving water.

References

External links

''A Nymph of the Waves'', published by the Library of Congress on YouTube
1900 films American black-and-white films American silent short films 1900 short films 1900s dance films {{silent-film-stub