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"The Daughter of the Gods" Production Still
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From left to right: Cameraman J. Roy Hunt with a Pathé camera, Annette Kellerman (seated), and director Herbert Brenon pointing to a caravan scene in the valley below for the 1916 Fox Film Corporation silent "The Daughter of the Gods" which was filmed in Jamaica. They are dressed in tropical whites.
1916
Fox Film Corporation
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