J. Stuart Blackton

J. Stuart Blackton

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.

On screen

  • A Vitagraph Romance
  • Lightning Sketches
  • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
  • The Automobile Thieves
  • And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream
  • Happy Hooligan Interferes
  • The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
  • The Enchanted Drawing
  • Hooligan Assists the Magician
  • The Burglar on the Roof
  • Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

Behind the camera

  • The Film Parade
  • The American
  • Bride of the Storm
  • The Gilded Highway
  • Hell-Bent for Heaven
  • The Redeeming Sin
  • Tides of Passion
  • The Happy Warrior
  • The Beloved Brute
  • The Clean Heart
  • Between Friends
  • Let Not Man Put Asunder
  • On the Banks of the Wabash
  • The Virgin Queen
  • The Glorious Adventure
  • Passers-By
  • The Forbidden Valley
  • The House of the Tolling Bell
  • The Blood Barrier
  • Respectable by Proxy
  • My Husband's Other Wife
  • The Common Cause
  • A House Divided
  • The Moonshine Trail
  • Dawn
  • Life's Greatest Problem
  • The World for Sale
  • The Message of the Mouse
  • Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
  • Transgression
  • The Fighting Trail
  • The Fairy Godfather
  • The Diary of a Puppy
  • A Spring Idyll
  • The Collie Market
  • The Judgment House
  • Whom the Gods Destroy
  • Kidnapped in New York
  • The Battle Cry of Peace
  • As You Like It
  • Little Nemo
  • The Battle Hymn of the Republic
  • Lady Godiva
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • Francesca di Rimini
  • Elektra
  • Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Oliver Twist
  • The Judgment of Solomon
  • The Life of Moses
  • Napoleon and the Empress Josephine
  • Napoleon, the Man of Destiny
  • King Lear
  • The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
  • The Bride of Lammermoor
  • Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
  • Antony and Cleopatra
  • Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet
  • Lightning Sketches
  • The Haunted Hotel
  • Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
  • And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream
  • The 100 to One Shot; or, A Run of Luck
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  • Jeffries Skipping the Rope
  • The Artist's Dilemma
  • The Enchanted Drawing
  • Maude's Naughty Little Brother
  • Hooligan Assists the Magician
  • The Congress of Nations
  • Astor Battery on Parade
  • Firemen Rescuing Men and Women
  • A Visit to the Spiritualist
  • "Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing
  • The Burglar on the Roof
  • The Cavalier's Dream
  • Humpty Dumpty Circus

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