Smith, Albert E.
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 Aug. 1, 1958 in Los Angeles.
From the description of Papers, 1897-1933. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 37761396
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| creatorOf | Smith, Albert E. Papers, 1897-1933. | University of California, Los Angeles |
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