Neptune's Daughter (1914 film)
Encyclopedia
Neptune's Daughter is a 1914
American silent fantasy film
featuring the first collaboration between actress Annette Kellerman
and director Herbert Brenon. It was filmed by Universal on Bermuda
, cost US$35,000 to make, and grossed one million dollars at the box office. Original film footage is currently held in two archives, Screensound Australia and Gosfilmofond of Russia.
Million Dollar Mermaid
(1952) is based on the life of Annette Kellerman, played by Esther Williams
, and the production of this movie. Williams also played the lead role in Neptune's Daughter
(1949).
1914 in film
The year 1914 in film involved some significant events, including the debut of Cecil B. DeMille as a director.-Events:*The 3,300-seat Mark Strand Theatre opens in New York City....
American silent fantasy film
Fantasy film
Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...
featuring the first collaboration between actress Annette Kellerman
Annette Kellerman
Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, and writer...
and director Herbert Brenon. It was filmed by Universal on Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
, cost US$35,000 to make, and grossed one million dollars at the box office. Original film footage is currently held in two archives, Screensound Australia and Gosfilmofond of Russia.
Million Dollar Mermaid
Million Dollar Mermaid
Million Dollar Mermaid is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biographical musical film of the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr. from a screenplay by Everett Freeman. The music score was by Adolph Deutsch, the...
(1952) is based on the life of Annette Kellerman, played by Esther Williams
Esther Williams
Esther Jane Williams is a retired American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star.Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team...
, and the production of this movie. Williams also played the lead role in Neptune's Daughter
Neptune's Daughter (1949 film)
Neptune's Daughter is a 1949 musical romantic comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn, Xavier Cugat and Mel Blanc...
(1949).
Storyline
The daughter of King Neptune determines to avenge the death of her sister, who was caught in a fishing net laid by the king of a country above the waves. However, she soon falls in love with the king upon whom she planned to take her revenge. Neptune's Daughter was based on Annette Kellerman's idea of "a water fantasy movie with beautiful mermaids in King Neptune's garden together with a good love story."Cast
- Annette Kellerman ... Annette, Neptune's daughter
- William E. Shay ... King William
- William Welsh ... King Neptune (as William Welch)
- Leah Baird
- Mrs. Allen Walker ... The sea witch
- Herbert Brenon ... Roador the Wolf
- Edmund Mortimer ... Duke Boris
- Lewis Hooper ... Count Rudolph
- Millie Liston ... Jailer's mother
- Katherine Lee ... Princess Olga
- Edward Boring
