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Niagara the Beautiful

No copy you can watch online. No print is known to survive. What follows is what does: the release, the cast, the story, and what the trade press said at the time.

The story

“A beautiful motographic study of the Falls, full of effects that will startle and thrill.”

Summary from The Moving Picture World · 11 May 1912

What the papers said

3 reviews

“Niagara has been taken so many times and is so familiar to all Americans who have seen still and motion pictures of it, that it might perhaps become monotonous were it not so marvelous. But one can never tire of Niagara, and this series of views, from all sides, above and below, afar and close to the rushing water’s edge, …

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“Niagara has been taken so many times and is so familiar to all Americans who have seen still and motion pictures of it, that it might perhaps become monotonous were it not so marvelous. But one can never tire of Niagara, and this series of views, from all sides, above and below, afar and close to the rushing water’s edge, are as well taken as any that this or any other company has yet presented. The final tones of sunset are delightful and make a fitting ending for the subject.”

The Morning Telegraph · 19 May 1912

“This scenic, giving very lovely views of the great cataract, has much to recommend it. The pictures are taken from fresh viewpoints, and the prints, on carefully tinted films, are clear and very praiseworthy for it. It includes a sunset view and a moonlight view.”

The Moving Picture World · 25 May 1912

More reviews

22 May 1912The New York Dramatic Mirror1 min

“The title is well chosen, for it shows the falls and its surrounding beauties in very complete and artistic scenes.”

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Cast and crew

No cast or crew is credited in the surviving sources for this film. Bowers records the title and the release; the names did not come with them.

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More about this film

Filmed in
Niagara Falls, New York

From Volume II: Filmography of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. Read the history of 1912 →

Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “Niagara the Beautiful”. thanhouser.org/films/niagara-the-beautiful/

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