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The Water Nymph
(1912) American
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Mack Sennett

Cast: Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, Fred Mace, Mary Maxwell [mermaid], [?] Mae Busch?

The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. / No copyright registration. Released 23 September 1912; in a split-reel with Cohen Collects a Debt (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot in late August or early September 1912 in Venice, California. Busch was injured in a diving accident during production, and may not appear in the finished film. This reel was the first Keystone release.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.

Keywords: Boats - Piers - Swimsuits - USA: California: Venice - Water

Listing updated: 27 October 2009.

References: Blum-Silent p. 31; Fussell-Normand p. 247; Lahue-Kops pp. 33, 136; Lahue-World p. 72; Leyda-Before pp. 83, 148; Sklar-Movie p. 106; Tarbox-Lost p. 103; Thompson-Lost pp. 25-26.