George Albert Smith Movies

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

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

Girl gives spoonful of milk to kitten. (Cut-in close-up) [The British Film Catalogue]

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

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

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...

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...

Comic hijinks with a malodorous tramp

A male and female clown drink, smoke, and flirt in this early Kinemacolor short.

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

A bracing fight scene

London street scenes, showing varieties of horse-drawn traffic. Views of Parliament Square, Charing Cross, Pall Mall, the Royal Exchange and others.

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

An old lady is seated at a table with her work basket and her cat washing its paws beside her. The old lady makes several attempts to thread a needle...

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...

Close view of legs and feet passing a basement window.

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

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

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

It's common knowledge that Scotsmen are macho enough to pull off wearing a skirt - perhaps it's all that caber-tossing. This disarmingly simple film...