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How Bermuda Encounter Led To Academy Award

Shot on location in Bermuda in 1914, the silent movie “The Mystery of the Poison Pool” would be entirely forgotten today if the routine adventure thriller hadn’t provided an unlikely introduction between two men who went on to become pre-eminent cinematographers in the American motion picture industry . Now considered a lost film like... Read more of this article

Roaring ’20s Romance Was Filmed In Bermuda

Hollywood director Herbert Brenon reshaped parts of Bermuda’s coastline with dynamite and teams of labourers to conform with the screenplay’s specifications during the production of the 1914 silent movie blockbuster “Neptune’s Daughter.” When he returned to the island for a second film shoot more than a decade later,... Read more of this article

Solving Problem Of Camera-Shy Bermudians

Bermudians proved to be remarkably camera-shy when Hollywood came calling in 1916, with pioneering silent film director Sidney Olcott having to resort to recruiting visitors staying at the island’s hotels as bit part players in his production “The Innocent Lie.” Famous Players-Lasky — precursor to today’s Paramount Pictures... Read more of this article

Video: Century-Old Bermuda Footage Surfaces

Shot on location in Bermuda in 1913 and released the following year, the fantasy romance “Neptune’s Daughter” was one of a number of epic silent films that former Australian swimming champion Annette Kellerman [1886-1975] starred in. Until recently only 19 minutes of the 71-minute film was known to survive. But in 2012 an additional... Read more of this article

Video: 100 Year Old Film Made In Bermuda

Bermuda doubled for a besieged 19th century city in British India in a short historical film shot on the island one hundred years ago. Made in Bermuda in 1912, “The Relief of Lucknow” was produced by Thomas Edison’s pioneering East Coast film company for the British market and about ten minutes of the movie’s Bermuda location... Read more of this article

Historical Video: ‘Neptune’s Daughter’ Resurfaces

Almost a century old, film footage of Bermuda shot for a silent-era mermaid fantasy has resurfaced in an Australian movie archive. Long considered a lost film, the 71-minute movie about a mermaid who falls in love with the surface-dwelling king.was shot on location in Bermuda in 1913 and made an overnight star out of Annette Kellerman, an Australian-born... Read more of this article