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George Albert Smith
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Along with his better-known French counterpart Georges Méliès, George Albert Smith, usually credited as G.A. Smith, was one of the first filmmakers to explore fictional and fantas…
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Along with his better-known French counterpart Georges Méliès, George Albert Smith, usually credited as G.A. Smith, was one of the first filmmakers to explore fictional and fantastic themes, often using surprisingly sophisticated special effects. His background was ideal – an established portrait photographer, he also had a long-standing interest in show business, running a tourist attraction in his native Brighton featuring a fortune teller. His films were among the first to feature such innovations as superimposition (Smith patented a double-exposure system in 1897), close-ups and scene transitions involving wipes and focus pulls. He also patented Kinemacolor – the world's first commercial cinema color system--in 1906, which was extremely successful for a time, despite the special equipment required to project it
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1912
Animated Doll and Toy Town Circus
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1910
Choice Bouquets
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1910
Fording the River
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1909
Choosing the Wallpaper
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1908
A Visit to the Seaside
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1908
Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs
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1906
Tartans of Scottish Clans
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1906
Two Clowns
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1904
Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines
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1904
Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace
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1904
Venice and the Grand Canal
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1903
The Sick Kitten
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1903
Dorothy's Dream
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1903
Mary Jane's Mishap
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1903
Old London Street Scenes
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1902
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
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1902
The Coronation of Edward VII
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1902
At Last! That Awful Tooth
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1902
Tommy and the Mouse in the Art School
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1902
Policeman and Burglar
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1901
The Death of Poor Joe
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1901
Photograph Taken From An Area Window
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1901
The Little Doctor And The Sick Kitten
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1901
Visit to Pompeii
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1900
Grandma's Reading Glass
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1900
The Old Maid's Valentine
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1900
The House That Jack Built
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1900
As Seen Through a Telescope
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1900
Spiders on a Web
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1900
Let Me Dream Again
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1900
A Quick Shave and Brush Up
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1900
Grandma Threading Her Needle
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1900
The Rival Clothiers
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1900
The Dull Razor
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1900
Two Old Sports
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1900
Scandal Over the Teacups
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1899
The Kiss in the Tunnel
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1899
The Inexhaustible Cab
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1898
Ally Sloper
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