The Big Swallow, the Glossary
The Big Swallow (AKA: A Photographic Contortion) is a 1901 British silent comic trick film, directed by James Williamson, featuring a man, irritated by the presence of a photographer, who solves his dilemma by swallowing him and his camera whole.[1]
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10 relations: Comedy film, George Albert Smith (filmmaker), Grandma's Reading Glass, James Williamson (film pioneer), Screenonline, Silent film, Spiders on a Web, Surrealism, Trick film, United Kingdom.
- 1900s film stubs
- 1901 comedy films
- 1901 short films
- Films directed by James Williamson (film pioneer)
Comedy film
Comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor.
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George Albert Smith (filmmaker)
George Albert Smith (4 January 1864 – 17 May 1959) was an English stage hypnotist, psychic, magic lantern lecturer, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, inventor and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul.
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Grandma's Reading Glass
Grandma's Reading Glass is a 1900 British silent trick film, directed by George Albert Smith, featuring a young boy who borrows a huge magnifying glass to focus on various objects. The Big Swallow and Grandma's Reading Glass are British silent short films and trick films.
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James Williamson (film pioneer)
James A. Williamson (8 November 1855 – 18 August 1933) was a Scottish photographer and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul.
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Screenonline
Screenonline is a website about the history of British film, television and social history as documented by film and television.
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Silent film
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue).
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Spiders on a Web
Spiders on a Web is a 1900 British short silent documentary film, directed by George Albert Smith, featuring a single shot close-up of two spiders trapped in an enclosure (not on a web as indicated in the title). The Big Swallow and spiders on a Web are 1900s film stubs, British silent short films and silent British film stubs.
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Surrealism
Surrealism is an art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike scenes and ideas.
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Trick film
In the early history of cinema, trick films were short silent films designed to feature innovative special effects. The Big Swallow and trick film are trick films.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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See also
1900s film stubs
- £100 Reward
- A Chess Dispute
- An Extraordinary Cab Accident
- An Interesting Story
- An Over-Incubated Baby
- Army Life; or, How Soldiers Are Made: Mounted Infantry
- Artistic Creation
- Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
- Dead Souls (1909 film)
- Dimitri Donskoj (film)
- Drama in Moscow
- Drama in a Gypsy Camp near Moscow
- Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving
- Grandma Threading her Needle
- Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway
- How to Stop a Motor Car
- Is Spiritualism a Fraud?
- Let Me Dream Again
- Living Wigan
- Mazeppa (1909 film)
- Morecambe Church Lads' Brigade at Drill
- Spiders on a Web
- Taras Bulba (1909 film)
- Tartans of Scottish Clans
- The Beggar's Deceit
- The Big Man (1908 film)
- The Big Swallow
- The Countryman and the Cinematograph
- The Death of Ivan the Terrible (film)
- The Death of Poor Joe
- The Extraordinary Waiter
- The Fountain of Bakhchisaray (film)
- The Haunted Curiosity Shop
- The House That Jack Built (1900 film)
- The Marriage of Krechinsky
- The Old Maid's Valentine
- The Sick Kitten
- The Unfortunate Policeman
- The Waif and the Wizard
- To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly
- Undressing Extraordinary
- Vanka the Steward
- Viy (1909 film)
- Willie's Magic Wand
- Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs
1901 comedy films
- An Over-Incubated Baby
- Artistic Creation
- Boxing in Barrels
- Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
- Excelsior!
- Kansas Saloon Smashers
- Par le trou de la serrure
- Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
- The Big Swallow
- The Countryman and the Cinematograph
- The Magician's Cavern
- The Sacred Fountain
- The Waif and the Wizard
- Undressing Extraordinary
- What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City
- Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
1901 short films
- An Affair of Honor (film)
- An Over-Incubated Baby
- Another Job for the Undertaker
- Arrival of Tongkin Train
- Artistic Creation
- Band and Battalion of the U.S. Indian School
- Boxing in Barrels
- Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
- Day at the Circus (1901 film)
- Dolly's Toys
- Dream and Reality
- Dummy Mace (film)
- Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
- Fire! (1901 film)
- Kansas Saloon Smashers
- Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog
- Love by the Light of the Moon
- Par le trou de la serrure
- President McKinley Inauguration Footage
- Red Riding Hood (1901 film)
- Santos Dumont Explaining His Air Ship to the Hon. C.S. Rolls
- Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost
- Star Theatre (film)
- Stop Thief!
- Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
- The Artist's Dilemma
- The Big Swallow
- The Countryman and the Cinematograph
- The Death of Poor Joe
- The Dwarf and the Giant
- The Gordon Sisters Boxing
- The Magician's Cavern
- The Martyred Presidents
- The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken
- The Waif and the Wizard
- Undressing Extraordinary
- What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City
- Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
Films directed by James Williamson (film pioneer)
- £100 Reward
- An Interesting Story
- Attack on a China Mission
- Fire! (1901 film)
- Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving
- Our New Errand Boy
- Stop Thief!
- The Big Swallow
- The Clown Barber
- The Little Match Seller