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Albert Edward Smith (4 June 1875 – 1 August 1958) was an American stage magician, film director and producer, and a naturalized American. He founded Vitagraph Studios with his business partner James Stuart Blackton in 1897.
Albert E. Smith. Additional Crew: Vengeance - and the Woman. Pioneering film producer and studio executive Albert E. Smith was born in Favershem, County Kent, England, on June 4, 1875, the son of a gardener.
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- Hollywood, California, USA
Albert E. Smith. Additional Crew: Vengeance - and the Woman. Pioneering film producer and studio executive Albert E. Smith was born in Favershem, County Kent, England, on June 4, 1875, the son of a gardener.
- June 4, 1875
- August 1, 1958
Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. ( 1874-1958) Albert Edward Smith. Producer, cameraman, magician. Smith was born on 4 June 1874 in Faversham, Kent, the son of a market gardener. When Albert was in his mid-teens the Smith family emigrated to the United States.
- The Rise of Willis O'Brien, The Stop-Motion Genius Behind 'King Kong'
- The Stop-Motion Giant Meets The Giant Ape as O'Brien Joins 'King Kong'
- It All Pays Off —'King Kong' Becomes An Instant Hit
Stop-motion animation, for those who may not know, is basically taking a series of photographs, moving the object very slightly in between shots, and putting them together to create a motion sequence on film. The first documented, commercially released stop-motion animation film is Vitagraph's The Humpty Dumpty Circus in 1898, credited to J. Stuart...
Armed with a stunning pedigree and an extensive catalog of special effects mastery, O'Brien was brought in as the special effects' supervisor for King Kong. His first step was to call on frequent collaborator Marcel Delgado, who as a team had become well known throughout Hollywood. A full-size bust, arm, and leg were created for close-up scenes, bu...
If there were any lingering concerns about the film, they were quickly silenced when King Kong became a massive hit. By some estimates, the film was one of the highest grossing films of the 1930s, bringing in over $4 million dollars. The pioneering techniques used for the film are still in use today, either as is or as the fundamental building bloc...
- Lloyd Farley
- Senior Author
Albert E. Smith is known as an Director, Producer, Story, Actor, Presenter, Camera Operator, Supervisor of Production Resources, Scenario Writer, Writer, and Other.
James Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith’s Humpty Dumpty Circus is commonly credited as the first American stop-motion animation film, produced around 1898, shortly after Blackton and Smith founded Vitagraph Studios.
