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A Quick Shave and Brush Up (1900)

1900 · Silent film · 2 min · dir. George Albert Smith

  • Comedy

Synopsis

George Albert Smith was an English stage hypnotist, psychic, magic lantern lecturer, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, inventor and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul. He is best known for his controversial work with Edmund Gurney at the Society for Psychical Research, his short films from 1897 to 1903, which pioneered film editing and close-ups, and his development of the first successful…

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Director
George Albert Smith
Studio
George Albert Smith Films
Released
1900-08-01
Running time
2 minutes

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