George Albert Smith Movies
- 1903
The Sick Kitten
The Sick Kitten5.6171903HD
A simple scene of two rather flamboyantly-dressed Edwardian children attempting to feed a spoonful of medicine to a sick kitten. The film is...
- 1897
The X-Ray Fiend
The X-Ray Fiend5.41897HD
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...
- 1899
The Kiss in the Tunnel
The Kiss in the Tunnel5.8131899HD
Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the...
- 1898
Santa Claus
Santa Claus6.21898HD
Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.
- 1900
Grandma's Reading Glass
Grandma's Reading Glass6.41900HD
A child borrows his grandmother's magnifying glass to look at a newspaper ad for Bovril, at a watch, and then at a bird. The child shows grandma what...
- 1900
Let Me Dream Again
Let Me Dream Again5.81900HD
Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into...
- 1903
Mary Jane's Mishap
Mary Jane's Mishap5.91903HD
Mary Jane tries to light the oven. When she's unsuccessful, she plays around, getting black boot polish on her face. She mugs before a mirror. Then,...
- 1900
The House That Jack Built
The House That Jack Built4.7081900HD
A cleverly conceived picture of a little boy and girl with building blocks. The little girl has erected a pretty structure, which the boy proceeds to...
- 1900
As Seen Through a Telescope
As Seen Through a Telescope5.51900HD
An elderly gentleman in a silk hat sits on a stool in front of a store on the main street of town. He has a telescope that focuses on the ankle of a...
- 1897
The Haunted Castle
The Haunted Castle4.5911897HD
George Albert Smith's remake of Georges Méliès - Le Manoir du diable (The Haunted Castle) from 1896. This film is lost or never...
- 1897
The Miller and the Sweep
The Miller and the Sweep5.31897HD
In front of a flour mill, two men fight. One is the miller, and he's swinging a bag of flour in the scuffle. The other is a chimney sweep, and he's...
- 1900
A Quick Shave and Brush Up
A Quick Shave and Brush Up4.21900HD
A man attempts to shave with a blunt razor.
- 1897
Comic Face
Comic Face4.91897HD
An old man gets progressively livelier - and drunker - as he downs his bottle of beer. Finally, he cocks a snook - and doesn't bother to uncock it as...
- 1901
The Death of Poor Joe
The Death of Poor Joe3.71901HD
A scene from Charles Dickens' Bleak House.
- 1902
The Coronation of Edward VII
The Coronation of Edward VII4.6431902HD
King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.
- 1904
Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace
Grand Display of Brock's Fireworks at the Crystal Palace6.5561904HD
An actuality of the Brock's fireworks factory to celebrate its 40th anniversary organizes. The final shot has two flaming portraits of King Edward...
- 1908
A Visit to the Seaside
A Visit to the Seaside6.51908HD
The first successful motion picture in natural color, filmed with Kinemacolor. It is an 8 minute short film directed by George Albert Smith of...
- 1900
Spiders on a Web
Spiders on a Web41900HD
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...
- 1897
Making Sausages
Making Sausages4.61897HD
A butcher's crew make sausages from dogs and cats and old boots...
- 1898
Photographing a Ghost
Photographing a Ghost31898HD
Photographer tries to take a picture of a ghost, but it won't keep still and then vanishes.