George Albert Smith Movies

A man attempts to shave with a blunt razor.

A butcher's crew make sausages from dogs and cats and old boots...

Master kisses maid behind a blanket on the clothes line and is seen by his wife.

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...

A display of flower bouquets, rotating to show the Kinemacolour process.

A simple scene of two rather flamboyantly-dressed Edwardian children attempting to feed a spoonful of medicine to a sick kitten. The film is...

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...

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...

King Edward VII's coronation ceremony.

Man dresses up as a woman, and the film is reversed.

An antisemitic comedy in which two Jewish clothiers cut prices until one buys the other's stock.

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...

Satan conjures a vision of a girl, for whom an old man signs a pact and is made young. This is a lost film from George Albert Smith

An early experiment in bringing colour to animation sees a bubble-blowing doll, a toy circus and a stubborn donkey revelling in two-tone glory.

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

Early story film about a girl's dreams

The first successful motion picture in natural color, filmed with Kinemacolor. It is an 8 minute short film directed by George Albert Smith of...

A woman is shown various wallpaper samples, in a short displaying the Kinemacolour process

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,...

Close view of legs and feet passing a basement window.