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J. Stuart Blackton

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James Stuart Blackton was a pioneer Anglo-American filmmaker and can be credited with the first feature-length American production. He founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897 and was among the first filmmakers to use stop-motion and drawn animation.

05-01-1875

Birthday

Capricorn

Zodiac Sign

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Genres

12

Total Films

Also known as (male)

Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK

Place of Birth

Popular works

Creative career

actor

12 Works

producer

15 Works

director

124 Works

writer

7 Works

other

4 Works

A Vitagraph Romance

A Vitagraph Romance

After meeting a handsome writer, Senator Carter's daughter leaves home and enters the employ of the Vitagraph Company as an actress. After waiting wistfully for her return, Senator Carter passes a theatre one day and sees his daughter featured in one the "Movies". He goes to the studio and after being shown through the plant he finds his daughter and reconciliation takes place. Besides being an interesting drama, the picture shows in detail the entire plant of the Vitagraph Company.
4.8

Year:

1912

Lightning Sketches

Lightning Sketches

An illustrator draws some sketches at lightning speed. He first illustrates how he can turn a written word into a sketch of that word.
3.8

Year:

1907

The Automobile Thieves

The Automobile Thieves

A young couple conducts a series of robberies, followed by a chase, in which they are shot and killed.
0.0

Year:

1906

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
5.7

Year:

1906

Hooligan in Jail

Hooligan in Jail

A comic looking prison eats soup
0.0

Year:

1903

Happy Hooligan Interferes

Happy Hooligan Interferes

An organ-grinder is playing beneath the window of a cranky old woman. She objects strenuously. The organ-grinder, egged on by Hooligan, keeps on playing until a policeman appears.
4.0

Year:

1903

The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship

The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship

A comic picture that defies description. It depicts the Twentieth Century up-to-date tramp flying over the chimney tops of New York City in the latest improved flying machine. Weary Willie has the indispensible tin can hanging from his waist and he waves his hands to his friends as he flies along. He passes over the top of the Equitable Life building and other New York sky scrapers. He flies over the East River and clears the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, and appears to be making his way toward Staten Island. When he is about in the centre of the river, his flying machine explodes, and like the unfortunate McGinty, down goes Weary William.
4.7

Year:

1902

The Enchanted Drawing

The Enchanted Drawing

A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.
6.4

Year:

1900

Hooligan Assists the Magician

Hooligan Assists the Magician

This is a new adventure in which our friend, Mr. Hooligan, appears in an entirely new capacity. On a stage a professor of magic is performing some wonderful experiments, and when he requests some assistance Happy Hooligan immediately volunteers his services and climbs upon the platform.
4.3

Year:

1900

Happy Hooligan

Happy Hooligan

4.0

Year:

1900

The Burglar on the Roof

The Burglar on the Roof

There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating him with a broom as they wait for help to arrive. Soon others do appear on the scene to help, but by now the burglar has decided that he is going to put up a fight in an attempt to escape.
3.3

Year:

1898

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

Artist draws Thomas Edison.
4.1

Year:

1896