On a hunch I decided to search the Centre national de la cinématographie for La Femme Nue...and it appears to exist (see for yourself!) I am very hesitant to declare something when I speak no French, but I see no other reason they would list it in their archives. How much of it exists, in what condition, is unknown. It does not appear to have been released on DVD or screened lately. If anyone with better language skills than myself can find more information you shall be greatly rewarded with cupcakes. What we can say is it was released in 1926, and was likely a French production. It went by "The Model from Montemartre" for its English title and reportedly "The Nude Woman" as well (that one may or may not be an internet add on).
This alongside the discovery of Die Pratermizzi confirms not only do more Nita films exist then we tend to realize but her later work is mostly intact as well. In fact that leaves one final film, the Italian "La Maschera d'Oro" which went by the English title "The Golden Mask". That one seems rarest of all, as some aren't sure she was in it and apparently Italian Film Archives are out of my googling range (and yet all the love I have for Rudy!)
With this discovery Nita finally has a higher survival rate then Theda. Click here to see Nita Naldi's Complete Filmography.
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