The X-Rays
| The X-Rays | |
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| Directed by | George Albert Smith |
| Produced by | George Albert Smith |
| Starring |
Tom Green Laura Bayley |
| Cinematography | George Albert Smith |
Production company |
G.A. Smith |
| Distributed by | Warwick Trading Company |
Release dates |
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Running time | 44 secs |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent |
The X-Rays (AKA: The X-Ray Fiend) is a 1897 British short silent comedy film, directed by George Albert Smith, featuring a courting couple exposed to X-rays. The trick film, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "contains one of the first British examples of special effects created by means of jump-cuts"[1] Smith employs the jump-cut twice; first to transform his courting couple via "X rays," dramatized by means of the actors donning black body-suits decorated with skeletons, and then to return them back to normal. The couple in question are played by Smith's wife Laura Bayley and Tom Green (a Brighton comedian).[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brooke, Michael. "The X-Rays". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 2011-04-24.