The X-Ray Fiend
Directed by George Albert SmithTV-PG
1897 1m[Short](/on-demand/category/short), [Comedy](/on-demand/category/comedy)6.15.5
A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895, and Georges Méliès' accidental realisation of the special-effects potential of the jump-cut in 1896.
