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Postcard reminiscent of Smith's film Kiss in the Tunnel MF000195 

Postcard reminiscent of Smith's film

Kiss in the Tunnel, MF000195 

George Albert Smith 

George Albert Smith (1864-1959) was part of the Brighton School of cinematography and was one of the most influential figures in Victorian cinema. Before becoming a filmmaker, Smith was an established showman and would often perform as a magic lanternist, hypnotist and psychic. Smith was the proprietor of St Ann's Well Garden in Hove and invented Kinemacolor. Kinemacolor was the first commercially viable colour film process.

The Barnes Collection has a large selection of apparatus and ephemera relating to George Albert Smith. This includes a variety of photographs, articles, postcards, books, programmes and a Kinemacolor camera. A selection of Smith's surviving films are shown in the Cinema Gallery at Hove Museum & Art Gallery.  

 

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