• Mary Jane's Mishap; or, Don't Fool with the Paraffin is a 1903 British silent comic trick film, directed by George Albert Smith, depicting disaster after...
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  • The earliest known example of a wipe was George Albert Smith's film Mary Jane's Mishap of 1903. George Lucas made sweeping use of wipes in his Star Wars...
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    between 1897 and 1903, including The Kiss in the Tunnel (1899) and Mary Jane's Mishap (1903). Behind the camera, Bayley likely played a significant hand...
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  • (1898), The Haunted Picture Gallery (1899), and his major short comedy Mary Jane's Mishap (1903); he also filmed a version of the Faust legend. A film called...
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    a British Gaumont film featuring an extended car chase sequence. Mary Jane's Mishap, a landmark dark comedy made by Brighton pioneers G. A. Smith and...
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  • began using inserts in his films, such as Grandma's Reading Glass and Mary Jane's Mishap. In 1900, Smith made As Seen Through a Telescope. The main shot shows...
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    of his fantasies. Bayley would later appear in Smith's 1906 film Mary Jane's Mishap. The film, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "is an...
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  • Lantern (La Lanterne magique), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) Mary Jane's Mishap, directed by George Albert Smith – (GB) The Melomaniac (Le Mélomane)...
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    (1900) The Inexhaustible Cab (1901) The Death of Poor Joe (1901) Mary Jane's Mishap (1903) The Sick Kitten (1903) Tartans of Scottish Clans (1906) Two...
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    in the Day: Jane Birkin". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 16 July 2023. Rocca, Jane (23 March 2017). "Jane Birkin: my travelling mishap inspired the...
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