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J. Stuart Blackton

b. 1875 — d. 1941 (aged 66) Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK

Director

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.

Known For

The Judgment House

The Judgment House

The Moonshine Trail

The Moonshine Trail

The Glorious Adventure

The Glorious Adventure

Filmography

March of the Movies

March of the Movies

1933 Actor Director

Participant - Battle of Manila Bay recreation

The American

The Passionate Quest

The Passionate Quest

Hell-Bent fer Heaven

Hell-Bent fer Heaven

The Gilded Highway

The Gilded Highway

Bride of the Storm

Bride of the Storm

Tides of Passion

Tides of Passion

The Redeeming Sin

The Redeeming Sin

The Happy Warrior

The Happy Warrior

Behold This Woman

Behold This Woman

Let Not Man Put Asunder

Let Not Man Put Asunder

The Clean Heart

The Clean Heart

Between Friends

Between Friends

The Beloved Brute

The Beloved Brute

The Virgin Queen

On the Banks of the Wabash

On the Banks of the Wabash

The Glorious Adventure

The Glorious Adventure

1922 Director Writer

A Gypsy Cavalier

Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 23

My Husband's Other Wife

My Husband's Other Wife

Respectable by Proxy

Passers-by

Man and His Woman

Man and His Woman

The House of the Tolling Bell

The House of the Tolling Bell

The Forbidden Valley

The Forbidden Valley

The Blood Barrier

A House Divided

A House Divided

The Common Cause

The Common Cause

The Moonshine Trail

The Moonshine Trail

1919 Director Writer

1919 Director Writer

The World for Sale

The World for Sale

Life's Greatest Problem

Life's Greatest Problem

Missing

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation

Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation

1917 Director Writer

The Collie Market

The Collie Market

The Diary of a Puppy

The Diary of a Puppy

A Spring Idyl

Satin and Calico

The Fairy Godfather

The Fairy Godfather

Transgression

The Message of the Mouse

The Message of the Mouse

The Judgment House

The Judgment House

1917 Director Writer

The Fighting Trail

The Fighting Trail

The Little Strategist

The Little Strategist

Whom the Gods Destroy

Whom the Gods Destroy

1916 Director Writer

Kidnapped in New York

The Battle Cry of Peace

The Battle Cry of Peace

1915 Director Writer

The Park Honeymooners

Goodness Gracious

Goodness Gracious

The Win(k)some Widow

Love, Luck and Gasoline

Love, Luck and Gasoline

1914 Actor Writer

The Commodore - a Motorboat Enthusiast

The Honeymooners

The Vengeance of Durand; or, the Two Portraits

The Vengeance of Durand; or, the Two Portraits

A Vitagraph Romance

A Vitagraph Romance

J. Stuart Blackton

As You Like It

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

The Lady of the Lake

The Lady of the Lake

Cardinal Wolsey

President Taft Signing the Arizona Bill

Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics

Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics

Lady Godiva

The Misses Finch and Their Nephew Billy

The Death of King Edward III

The Death of King Edward III

Society and the Man

Society and the Man

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

A Modern Cinderella

Francesca da Rimini

The Last of the Saxons

The Last of the Saxons

Elektra

Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy

Cupid and the Motor Boat

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

King Lear

Oliver Twist

The Life of Moses

The Life of Moses

The Judgment of Solomon

The Judgment of Solomon

Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

Les Misérables

The Life of Napoleon

The Magic Fountain Pen

1909 Actor Director

The Way of the Cross

Washington Under the American Flag

Benedict Arnold

The Oriental Mystic

Military Parade

1909 Cinematographer

A Maker of Diamonds

Onawanda; or, an Indian's Devotion

A Telepathic Warning, the Story of a Child's Love for Her Father

The Bride of Lammermoor: A Tragedy of Bonnie Scotland

The Bride of Lammermoor: A Tragedy of Bonnie Scotland

Washington Under the British Flag

The Cobbler and the Caliph

The Duke's Jester or A Fool's Revenge

Grand Naval Parade

1909 Cinematographer

Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy

Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy

Inauguration of President William H. Taft

1909 Cinematographer

Historic Parade

1909 Cinematographer

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