The X Rays (Original title)X-ray Film (Acquisition title)The X-ray Fiend (Alternative title)
Date: 1897 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: G.A. Smith
Shotlist: COMEDY. A courting couple are filmed by X-rays. A man and a woman are spooning on a bench. A man with a large camera marked X RAYS stands beside them, points his camera at the couple and takes off the lens cap (18). The couple are turned into skeletons (black bodystocking for the man with bones painted in white, the woman wearing a black dress with the bones painted in white), with the woman's umbrella becoming just a bare frame, while they continue to court. The camera man puts the lens cap back on (30). The couple return to full dress, as the camera man retreats. The woman protests at the man's attentions and leaves, leaving the man seated and pulling faces (46ft). Note: The Prestwich catalogue for 1898 describes the film as follows: "The Professor turns his apparatus upon the lovers and makes a startling revelation. Very surprising and amusing. 54 feet". The G.A. Smith cash books record the film as being made in October 1897. X-rays, or Roentgen rays, were discovered in 1895. Refs: John Barnes, The Rise of the Cinema in Great Britain, pp. 91, 93, 95, 209, 235.
Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction, Trick film
Subjects: Radiography, Courtship
Releases
Date: 1897not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentRuntime: 0 mins 46 secs - Length: 46 Feet
Date: 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SilentRuntime: 0 mins Distributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 1897 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: G.A. Smith
Shotlist: COMEDY. A courting couple are filmed by X-rays. A man and a woman are spooning on a bench. A man with a large camera marked X RAYS stands beside them, points his camera at the couple and takes off the lens cap (18). The couple are turned into skeletons (black bodystocking for the man with bones painted in white, the woman wearing a black dress with the bones painted in white), with the woman's umbrella becoming just a bare frame, while they continue to court. The camera man puts the lens cap back on (30). The couple return to full dress, as the camera man retreats. The woman protests at the man's attentions and leaves, leaving the man seated and pulling faces (46ft). Note: The Prestwich catalogue for 1898 describes the film as follows: "The Professor turns his apparatus upon the lovers and makes a startling revelation. Very surprising and amusing. 54 feet". The G.A. Smith cash books record the film as being made in October 1897. X-rays, or Roentgen rays, were discovered in 1895. Refs: John Barnes, The Rise of the Cinema in Great Britain, pp. 91, 93, 95, 209, 235.
Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction, Trick film
Subjects: Radiography, Courtship
Releases
Date: 1897not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentRuntime: 0 mins 46 secs - Length: 46 Feet
Date: 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SilentRuntime: 0 mins Distributor: BFIPlayer