Smith, Albert E.

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Smith was born in 1875 in Faversham, England; co-founded the Vitagraph Company of America as the Reader, Smith, and Blackton Combination in 1894; Vitagraph producer, writer, and executive with actor and director J. Stuart Blackton until sale of the company to Warner Brothers in 1925; invented the Vitagraph, one of the first successful motion picture projectors, in 1896; had a wife, Lucile, and 6 children; died August 1, 1958 in Los Angeles.

From the guide to the Albert E. Smith Papers, 1897-1933, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

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  • Motion picture industry

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  • Motion picture producers and directors

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