James H. White: James H. White. Director: The Little Reb. Canadian-American filmmaker James H. White was one of the pioneers of early cinema, the man who filmed the famous short The Kiss (1896). Born in the Canadian Maritime province of Nova Scotia in 1872, he was a 22-year-old gramophone salesman when he went to work at a kinetescope operation in Boston in 1894. The film-viewing parlor was run by brothers Andrew M. and...
Known For: The Little Reb (Director), Lone Fisherman (Director), Watermelon Contest (Director), Interrupted Lover (Director)