The Haunted Castle (1897 film)
Encyclopedia
The Haunted Castle is a film directed by George Albert Smith
in 1897.
. George Albert Smith
worked on the film as writer, producer, camera man and director. Laura Bayley played one of the lead roles. It was produced and filmed by GAS Films in Brighton
.
George Albert Smith (inventor)
George Albert Smith was a stage hypnotist, psychic, magic lantern lecturer, astronomer, inventor, and one of the pioneers of British cinema, who is best known for his controversial work with Edmund Gurney at the Society for Psychical Research, his short-films from 1897-1903 which pioneered film...
in 1897.
Story
The setting was an inn run by ghosts. Wires were used to make objects move on their own, a technique of a nineteenth-century magician.Production
The film is based on the story The Haunted Hotel by Georges MélièsGeorges Méliès
Georges Méliès , full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. He was very innovative in the use of special effects...
. George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith (inventor)
George Albert Smith was a stage hypnotist, psychic, magic lantern lecturer, astronomer, inventor, and one of the pioneers of British cinema, who is best known for his controversial work with Edmund Gurney at the Society for Psychical Research, his short-films from 1897-1903 which pioneered film...
worked on the film as writer, producer, camera man and director. Laura Bayley played one of the lead roles. It was produced and filmed by GAS Films in Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
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