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- James Williamson was born on November 8, 1855 in Kirkaldy, Scotland, UK. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Attack on a China Mission (1900), Stop Thief! (1901) and Spring Cleaning (1903). He died on August 18, 1933 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
- Originally had a chemist shop and photographic business in Hove, England; very near G. A. Smith's St. Anne's Well Pleasure Garden
- Originally processed film for other early movie makers, before starting production of his own features.
- In 1908, he invented a device with which exhibitors could make their own intertitles. In 1910, he patented a projector which could intersperse slide titles into the films it showed.
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