''The Water Nymph'' (also known as ''The Beach Flirt'') is a 1912 American silent comedy "split reel" short film starring Mabel Normand and directed by

Mack Sennett Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...

. Normand performed her own diving stunts for the film, which was the first Keystone Studios comedy. The film precedes, and may have been the direct inspiration for, the

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performers first featured in 1915.

Cast

* Mabel Normand as Diving Venus *

as Mack *

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as Mack's Father *

Gus Pixley Gus Pixley (1864 – June 2, 1923) was an American actor-singer and comic on the theatre stage, and an actor of the silent era. He appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, and minstrelsy with "America's greatest female impersonator," Burton Sta ...

* Fred Mace * Edward Dillon * Mary Maxwell as Nymph * Mae Busch (unconfirmed)

Production notes

''The Water Nymph'' was shot on location in

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References

External links

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The Water Nymph (1912) at archive.org
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