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[1]) 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"[2] Smith employs the jump-cut twice; first to transform his courting couple via "X rays," dramatized by means of the actors donning black bodysuits decorated with skeletons, and then to return them to normal. The couple in question are played by Smith's wife Laura Bayley and Tom Green (a Brighton comedian).[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "X-Rays". Silent Era. Progressive Silent Film List. External link in
|website=(help) - 1 2 Brooke, Michael. "The X-Rays". BFI Screenonline Database. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
External links
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