Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving

1906
5.2| 0h2m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 01 January 1906 Released
Producted By: Williamson Kinematograph Company
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Self-styled pier entertainer 'Professor' Reddish was a specialist in the "flying the foam" stunt, which involved mounting a bicycle and riding it down a steep ramp and then off the end of Brighton's West Pier into the sea. (BFI)

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James Williamson

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Williamson Kinematograph Company

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Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving Audience Reviews

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
boblipton James Williamson, one of the pioneers of the British film industry, produced this shot of Professor Reddish, a water clown that used to be called a 'tumeler' in the Catskills -- he rides a bicycle hither and yon and does some basic dives, albeit from a great height -- one of them looks to be from a good twenty meters into the water.Williamson attempts to enliven a rather straightforward performance by running some of the sequences backwards, so that the Professor seems to leap from the water back to the bike several times, but by 1906, that was rather old hat. The record is a bit sketchy, but he would seem to have largely gone out of production within a year of this work, with one or two later efforts.