Captain William Norman Lascelles Davidson (c.1871 – 31 January 1935) was an English soldier who was an early experimenter in color cinematography. Davidson was born in Notting Hill, London''1911 England Census'' to Col. Alfred Augustus Davidson of the

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. He himself because Captain of the 4th Battalion of the Kings Liverpool Regiment. Between 1898 and 1906, Davidson spent around £3,000 trying to create a workable natural-color motion picture system. Although his work was unsuccessful, he influenced

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who developed the color process, known as Kinemacolor.

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English cinematographers 1870s births 1935 deaths Year of birth uncertain {{Cinematographer-stub