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Los Angeles, California, US. Occupation (s) Film director and producer. Known for. Co-founder of Vitagraph Studios. 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 (1875-1958) Albert E. Smith. 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. There were nine children in the Smith family--Albert, seven brothers and a sister--and when he was three years old the entire family emigrated to the US ...
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- Faversham, Kent, England, UK
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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. There were nine children in the Smith family--Albert, seven brothers and a sister--and when he was three years old the entire family emigrated to the US, eventually settling in Santa Barbara, CA. After a series...
- June 4, 1875
- August 1, 1958
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. While the family journeyed to California, Albert stayed in New York to try his fortune as a performer.
Albert E. Smith is known as an Director, Producer, Story, Actor, Presenter, Camera Operator, Supervisor of Production Resources, Scenario Writer, Writer, and Other. Some of his work includes The Clown and the Alchemist, The Congress of Nations, Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies, Firemen Rescuing Men and Women, Hooligan Assists the Magician, Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter, Astor Battery on Parade, and Raising Old Glory Over Morro ...
Mar 5, 2023 · The first documented, commercially released stop-motion animation film is Vitagraph's The Humpty Dumpty Circus in 1898, credited to J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith. Producer Wladyslaw ...
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Who was Albert E. Smith? Albert Edward Smith was an English stage magician, film director and producer, and a naturalized American. He founded Vitagraph Studios with his business partner James Stuart Blackton in 1897.
