George Albert Smith Movies

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...

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

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...

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...

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

Kinemacolor

Lovers are comically interrupted

A man comes in for a shave in this film of a popular stage act.

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

A bracing fight scene

Man paints 'This house to let' and then the film is reversed.

An old spinster receives an unexpected Valentine's letter.

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

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 romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in...

Close view of legs and feet passing a basement window.

George Smith's picture of the crowds out for a stroll on what I imagine is Brighton Pier.

Man pulls out bad tooth, which is then shown in closeup.

The coronation of Edward VII and his wife Alexandra as King and Queen of Great Britain and the British Dominions took place on August 9, 1902, at...

Photographer tries to take a picture of a ghost, but it won't keep still and then vanishes.