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George Albert Smith
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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Early British Films from the Filmoteca de Catalunya 1897-1909
Animated Doll and Toy Town Circus
Fording the River
Choice Bouquets
Choosing the Wallpaper
Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs
A Visit to the Seaside
Tartans of Scottish Clans
Two Clowns
Venice and the Grand Canal
Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace
Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines
Mary Jane's Mishap
The Sick Kitten
Old London Street Scenes
Dorothy's Dream
At Last! That Awful Tooth
Tommy and the Mouse in the Art School
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Policeman and Burglar
The Death of Poor Joe
Visit to Pompeii
Photograph Taken From An Area Window
The Little Doctor And The Sick Kitten
The Old Maid's Valentine
Let Me Dream Again
Spiders on a Web
A Quick Shave and Brush Up
The House That Jack Built
As Seen Through a Telescope
