George Albert Smith — Director (27)
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Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs (1908)
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George Albert Smith
Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs is a 1908 British short silent documentary film, directed by George Albert Smith as a showcase his new Kinemacolor system, which features a woman displaying assorted tartan cloths, both draped on her body and waved semaphore-style. The patterned handkerchiefs are, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, “presumably the same cloths featured in Tartans of Scottish Clans (1906), this time shown from various angles.”
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Spiders on a Web (1900)
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George Albert Smith
Consisting of a single shot, Spiders on a Web is one of the earliest British examples of close-up natural history photography. Made by one of the pioneers of the British film industry, G.A. Smith, this short film details spiders trapped in an enclosure, and despite the title, does not actually feature a web.
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Photographing a Ghost (1898)
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George Albert Smith
Scene: A Photographer’s Studio. Two men enter with a large box labeled “ghost.” The photographer scarcely relishes the order, but eventually opens the box, when a striking ghost of a swell steps out. The ghost is perfectly transparent, so that the furniture, etc., can be seen through his “body.” After a great deal of amusing business with the ghost, which keeps disappearing and reappearing, the photographer attacks it with a chair. The attack is amusingly fruitless, but the ghost finally collapses through the floor.
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X-Rays (1897)
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乔治·阿尔培特·史密斯 actor: 汤姆.格林（Tom Green）
other title: X光鬼怪 / The X-Ray Fiend …
A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895, and Georges Méliès' accidental realisation of the special-effects potential of the jump-cut in 1896.
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A Visit to the Seaside (1908)
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乔治·阿尔培特·史密斯
other title: 参观海滨
《参观海滨》（英语：A Visit to the Seaside）是由英国电影先驱乔治·阿尔伯特·史密斯 (George Albert Smith) 使用 Kinemacolor 双色电影系统拍摄的自然色彩的彩色实验短片。这部短片于1908年9月在英国进行 Kinemacolor 的首次商业放映。影片长八分钟，展示了人们的日常活动。 Kinemacolor 是一种双色加色法，方法是在红色、绿色滤光镜后交替投影黑白电影。后来受到1916年至1952年使用的 Technicolor 的影响和取代。
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The Haunted Castle (1897)
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乔治·阿尔培特·史密斯 actor: Georges Méliès
other title: 古堡惊魂
As he wanders in awe through the shadowy and endlessly long corridors of an isolated medieval castle, an elegant aristocrat entangles himself in a mind-boggling situation. Are these disappearing objects and those puzzling, yet haunting apparitions a cruel trick of the mind? They must be, after all, ghosts are not real.