A Daughter of the Gods (lost fantasy drama film; 1916): Difference between revisions

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The film's poster.

Status: Lost

A Daughter Of The Gods is a 1916 film starring swimming sensation Annette Kellerman. The film is notable for being one of the first films to have a major actress in a nude scene. The scene, which featured the actress under a waterfall with her long hair covering most of her body, led to mild controversy.

The plot involved a sultran who makes a deal with a witch. The witch promises to bring his daughter back to life after he agrees to kill a beautiful goddess, but ultimately, the man decides to accept the death of his daughter, choosing to spare the goddess.

The only surviving stills from the film are of Kellerman's nude scene. The BFI reportedly held a few feet of film for a few years, but they somehow misplaced it. It vanished into obscurity and has yet to emerge in any form.

Gallery

The following images are two stills of Kellerman's nude scene from the film.

549px-KellermanInTreeArmsSpread.jpg
Annette-Kellerman-still-A-Daughter-of-the-Gods-1916.jpg

Sources

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-[[File:549px-KellermanInTreeArmsSpread.jpg|thumb|215px|A surviving still from Annette Kellerman's nude scene.]]
+{{InfoboxLost
-'''''A Daughter Of The Gods''''' is a 1916 film starring swimming sensation Annette Kellerman. The film is notable for being one of the first films to have a nude scene by a major actress. The scene caused a mild controversy, surprisingly only getting discarded by a few people. The scene featured the actress under a waterfall with her long hair covering most of her body.
+|title=<center>A Daughter of the Gods (1916)</center>
+|image=A Daughter of the Gods-poster.jpg
+|imagecaption=The film's poster.
+|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
+}}
-The plot involved a sultran who makes a deal with a witch to bring his daughter back to life, as long as he kills a beautiful goddess. The man ends up accepting the death of his child and chooses to spare the goddess. The film was very well recieved (aside from the controversy).
+'''''A Daughter Of The Gods''''' is a 1916 film starring swimming sensation Annette Kellerman. The film is notable for being one of the first films to have a major actress in a nude scene. The scene, which featured the actress under a waterfall with her long hair covering most of her body, led to mild controversy.
+The plot involved a sultran who makes a deal with a witch. The witch promises to bring his daughter back to life after he agrees to kill a beautiful goddess, but ultimately, the man decides to accept the death of his daughter, choosing to spare the goddess.
 The only surviving stills from the film are of Kellerman's nude scene. The BFI reportedly held a few feet of film for a few years, but they somehow misplaced it. It vanished into obscurity and has yet to emerge in any form.
+<br /><br /><br />
+==Gallery==
+The following images are two stills of Kellerman's nude scene from the film.
+<gallery mode=packed heights=275px>
+File:549px-KellermanInTreeArmsSpread.jpg
+File:Annette-Kellerman-still-A-Daughter-of-the-Gods-1916.jpg
+</gallery>
+==Sources==
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Daughter_of_the_Gods Wikipedia page]
+*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006568/ IMDb page]
 [[Category:Lost films]]