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Neptune’s Daughters
(1900) United States of America
B&W : 150 feet
Directed by F.S. Armitage
Cast: (unknown)
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 [H30750]. 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] A combination of the picture entitled “The Ballet of the Ghosts,” and a surf scene; the resulting effect being that the ghostly figures rise up out of the surf and come to the shore, cast their draperies aside and dance a few steps of the ballet, after which they again take up their draperies, and having covered themselves, retreat into the waves.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 30 June 2025.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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