It may have been inspired by The X-Rays, an 1897 British film by the pioneering showman G. A. Smith, which in turn was likely partly inspired by previous films by Méliès.[2]A Novice at X-Rays is currently presumed lost.[1]
References
^ abMalthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 338, ISBN9782732437323
^Gray, Frank (2019), The Brighton School and the Birth of British Film, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 135
