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J. Stuart Blackton (1875–1941)

In the US from the age of 10, he first worked as a journalist-illustrator for the New York World. Interviewing Thomas A. Edison, he so impressed the inventor with his drawings that Edison suggested he allow some of them to be photographed by the Kinetograph camera. The result was a short film, Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideDirector (187 titles)
1927 The American
 
1924 The Clean Heart
 
1924 Between Friends
 
1920 Passers-By
 
1919 Dawn
 
1919 A House Divided
 
1917 The Diary of a Puppy (short)
 
1917 The Fairy Godfather (short)
 
1917 Satin and Calico (short)
 
1917 The Little Strategist (short)
 
1917 A Spring Idyl (short)
 
1917 The Collie Market (short)
 
1912 As You Like It
 
1912 The Lady of the Lake (short)
 
1912 Cardinal Wolsey (short)
 
1911 Lady Godiva (short)
 
1911 Society and the Man (short)
 
1910 Francesca da Rimini (short)
 
1910 The Last of the Saxons (short)
 
1910/I Uncle Tom's Cabin (short)
 
1910 Elektra (short)
 
1910 Cupid and the Motor Boat (short)
 
1909 A Midsummer Night's Dream (short) (co-director)
 
1909 Les Misérables (short)
 
1909 Benedict Arnold (short)
 
1909 The Way of the Cross (short)
 
1909 Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (short) (uncredited)
 
1909 The Magic Fountain Pen (short)
 
1909 The Cobbler and the Caliph (short)
 
1909 A Maker of Diamonds (short)
 
1909 The Oriental Mystic (short)
 
1909 The Judgment of Solomon (short)
 
1909 Oliver Twist (short)
 
1909 The Life of Napoleon (short)
 
1909 King Lear (short)
 
1909 Saul and David (short)
 
1909 Virginius (short)
 
1909 Ruy Blas (short)
 
1909 The Castaways (short)
 
1908 The Merchant of Venice (short)
 
1908 Making Moving Pictures (documentary short)
 
1908/I Julius Caesar (short)
 
1908 Antony and Cleopatra (short)
 
1908 Humpty Dumpty Circus (short)
 
1908 The Gambler and the Devil (short)
 
1908 Richard III (short)
 
1908 A Workingman's Dream (short)
 
1908 Salome (short)
 
1908 A Policeman's Dream (short)
 
1908 Lady Jane's Flight (short)
 
1908 East Lynne; or, Led Astray (short)
 
1908/I Romeo and Juliet (short)
 
1908 Macbeth (short)
 
1908 The Thieving Hand (short) (uncredited)
 
1907 Work Made Easy (short)
 
1907 A Night in Dreamland (short)
 
1907/II Laughing Gas (short)
 
1907 The Kitchen Maid's Dream (short)
 
1907 The Soldier's Dream (short)
 
1907 The Ghost Story (short)
 
1907 The Fountain of Youth (short)
 
1907 The Shaughraun (short)
 
1907 Lightning Sketches (short)
 
1907 Oliver Twist (short)
 
1907 A Curious Dream (short)
 
1907 The Haunted Hotel (short)
 
1906 The Automobile Thieves (short)
 
1906 Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (short) (uncredited)
 
1906 A Modern Oliver Twist (short)
 
1905 A Gentleman of France (short)
 
1901 Children Bathing (documentary short)
 
1901 Jeffries Skipping the Rope (documentary short)
 
1901 Jeffries Throwing the Medicine Ball (documentary short)
 
1901 Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus (documentary short)
 
1901 Hooligan at the Seashore (short)
 
1901 Hooligan Causes a Sensation (short)
 
1901 Hooligan's Narrow Escape (short)
 
1901 Miniature Railway (documentary short)
 
1901 Such a Headache (short)
 
1900 The Clown and the Alchemist (short)
 
1900 The Congress of Nations (short)
 
1900 The Enchanted Drawing (short)
 
1900 Cohen and Coon (short)
 
1900 Happy Hooligan (short)
 
1899 A Visit to the Spiritualist (short)
 
1899 Little Mischief (short)
 
1899 A Quite Little Smoke (short)
 
1899 Astor Battery on Parade (documentary short)
 
1899 'Columbia' Winning the Cup (short)
 
1899 Flags of All Nations (short)
 
1899 The Fitzsimmons-Jeffries Fight (documentary short)
 
1899 The Yogi (documentary short)
 
1898/I The Burglar on the Roof (short)
 
1898 Vanishing Lady (short)
 
1898 Battle of Manila Bay (short)
 
1898 Battle of Santiago Bay (short)
 
1897 Humorous Cartoon (documentary short)
 
1897 Political Cartoon (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (78 titles)
1926 The Passionate Quest (producer)
 
1926 Hell-Bent for Heaven (producer)
 
1926 Bride of the Storm (producer)
 
1924 The Beloved Brute (producer)
 
1924 Let Not Man Put Asunder (producer)
 
1922 A Gypsy Cavalier (producer)
 
1922 The Glorious Adventure (producer)
 
1920 The Forbidden Valley (producer)
 
1920 The House of the Tolling Bell (producer)
 
1920 Passers-By (producer)
 
1920 The Blood Barrier (producer)
 
1920 Respectable by Proxy (producer)
 
1920 My Husband's Other Wife (producer)
 
1919 Dawn (producer)
 
1919 The Moonshine Trail (producer)
 
1919 The Littlest Scout (producer)
 
1919 The Common Cause (producer)
 
1918 Life's Greatest Problem (producer)
 
1918 Missing (producer)
 
1918 Wild Youth (producer)
 
1917 The Judgement House (producer)
 
1915 On Her Wedding Night (producer)
 
1915 The Battle Cry of Peace (producer)
 
1914 The Christian (supervising producer)
 
1913 Love's Sunset (short) (producer)
 
1912 As You Like It (producer)
 
1911 The Battle Hymn of the Republic (short) (producer)
 
1911 The New Stenographer (short) (producer)
 
1910 Twelfth Night (short) (producer)
 
1909 A Midsummer Night's Dream (short) (producer)
 
1909 Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1909 The Magic Fountain Pen (short) (producer)
 
1909 Washington Under the American Flag (short) (producer)
 
1909 Oliver Twist (short) (producer)
 
1909 King Lear (short) (producer)
 
1909 Ruy Blas (short) (producer)
 
1908/I Julius Caesar (short) (producer)
 
1908 Antony and Cleopatra (short) (producer)
 
1908 Richard III (short) (producer)
 
1908 East Lynne; or, Led Astray (short) (producer)
 
1908/I Romeo and Juliet (short) (producer)
 
1908 Macbeth (short) (producer)
 
1908 The Story of Treasure Island (short) (producer)
 
1908 Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers (short) (producer)
 
1908 The Thieving Hand (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1907 Lightning Sketches (short) (producer)
 
1907 Oliver Twist (short) (producer)
 
1906 Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
1902 Happy Hooligan, Nothing But Fun (short) (producer)
 
1901 The Artist's Dilemma (short) (producer)
 
1900 Hooligan Assists the Magician (short) (producer)
 
1900 The Clown and the Alchemist (short) (producer)
 
1900 The Congress of Nations (short) (producer)
 
1900 The Enchanted Drawing (short) (producer)
 
1900 Cohen and Coon (short) (producer)
 
1900 Maude's Naughty Little Brother (short) (producer)
 
1899 A Visit to the Spiritualist (short) (producer)
 
1899 Pictures Incidental to Yacht Race (short) (producer)
 
1899 Little Mischief (short) (producer)
 
1899 Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle (short) (producer)
 
1899 Panoramic View of Brooklyn Bridge (documentary short) (producer)
 
1899 Willie's First Smoke (short) (producer)
 
1899 A Quite Little Smoke (short) (producer)
 
1899 'Columbia' Winning the Cup (short) (producer)
 
1899 'Shamrock' and 'Erin' Sailing (short) (producer)
 
1898 Battle of Manila Bay (short) (producer)
 
1898 Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (45 titles)
1924 Behold This Woman (presenter)
 
1919 The Littlest Scout (supervisor)
 
1918 Life's Greatest Problem (presenter)
 
1918 Missing (presenter, supervisor)
 
1918 Wild Youth (supervisor)
 
1917 The Judgement House (presenter)
 
1917 The Question (presenter)
 
1917 Within the Law (supervisor)
 
1917 Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (supervisor)
 
1916 The Ninety and Nine (supervisor)
 
1916 The Devil's Prize (presenter)
 
1916 Fathers of Men (presenter)
 
1916 Green Stockings (presenter)
 
1915 The Heights of Hazard (presenter)
 
1915 The Man Who Couldn't Beat God (presenter)
 
1915 Playing Dead (supervisor)
 
1915 Mortmain (supervisor)
 
1915 Crooky (presenter)
 
1915 The Wheels of Justice (presenter)
 
1914 Mr. Barnes of New York (supervisor)
 
1913 The Spirit of Christmas (short) (supervisor)
 
1913 A Princess of Bagdad (supervisor)
 
1912 Cleopatra (supervisor - uncredited)
 
1912/I Rip Van Winkle (short) (supervisor)
 
1911 Vanity Fair (short) (supervisor)
 
1911 A Tale of Two Cities (short) (supervisor)
 
1910 Twelfth Night (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 Benedict Arnold (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 Onawanda; or, An Indian's Devotion (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 Les Miserables (Part I) (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 The Way of the Cross (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 The Gift of Youth (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 The Cobbler and the Caliph (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 Washington Under the British Flag (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 The Duke's Jester or A Fool's Revenge (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 The Judgment of Solomon (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 For Her Country's Sake (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 A Brave Irish Lass (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 A Friend in the Enemy's Camp (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 Kenilworth (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 Adventures of a Drummer Boy (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 Mogg Megone, an Indian Romance (short) (supervisor)
 
1909 The Love of the Pasha's Son: A Turkish Romance (short) (supervisor)
 
1908 The Merchant of Venice (short) (supervisor)
 
Show ShowActor (30 titles)
1933 March of the Movies
Participant - Battle of Manila Bay recreation (also archive footage)
 
1914 Love, Luck and Gasoline (short)
The Commodore - a Motorboat Enthusiast
 
1909 The Magic Fountain Pen (short)
 
1907 Lightning Sketches (short)
Cartoonist
 
1906 The Automobile Thieves (short)
 
1906 Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (short)
Cartoonist (uncredited)
 
1905 A Gentleman of France (short)
 
1901 Hooligan at the Seashore (short)
 
1901 Hooligan Causes a Sensation (short)
 
1901 Hooligan's Narrow Escape (short)
 
1900 Happy Hooligan (short)
Happy Hooligan
 
1896 Blackton Sketches, No. 2 (short)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (30 titles)
1909 Military Parade (documentary short)
 
1909 Historic Parade (documentary short)
 
1909 Grand Naval Parade (documentary short)
 
1909 Inauguration of President William H. Taft (documentary short)
 
1901 Children Bathing (documentary short)
 
1901 Jeffries Throwing the Medicine Ball (documentary short)
 
1901 Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus (documentary short)
 
1900 The Congress of Nations (short)
 
1899 A Visit to the Spiritualist (short)
 
1899 Astor Battery on Parade (documentary short)
 
1899 Flags of All Nations (short)
 
1898 Vanishing Lady (short)
 
1898 Statue of Liberty (documentary short)
 
1898 The 'Texas,' Naval Parade (short)
 
1898 Lickman's Cigar and Photo Store (documentary short)
 
1898/II U.S. Battleship 'Oregon' (documentary short)
 
Show ShowWriter (16 titles)
1922 The Glorious Adventure (from the story by)
 
1919 Dawn (writer)
 
1919 The Moonshine Trail (screenplay / story)
 
1918 Missing (scenario)
 
1917 The Judgement House (adaptation)
 
1917 The Fighting Trail (story)
 
1917 Transgression (story)
 
1915 The Park Honeymooners (short)
 
1914 The Win(k)some Widow (scenario)
 
1914/I The Honeymooners (short)
 
1914 Love, Luck and Gasoline (short)
 
1914 Goodness Gracious (short) (story)
 
1900 Cohen and Coon (short)
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
Show ShowAnimation Department (1 title)
1906 Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (short) (animator - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 23 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1912 A Vitagraph Romance (short)
Himself
 
1912 President Taft Signing the Arizona Bill (documentary short)
Himself
 
1911 The Misses Finch and Their Nephew Billy (short)
Himself - Commander of the Yacht
 
1900 Cohen and Coon (short)
Himself
 
1896 Blackton Sketches, No. 3 (documentary short)
 
1896 Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist (short)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(Late 1890s) Stage: Appeared in "The Enchanted Drawing", produced on Broadway (filmed as The Enchanted Drawing). See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | See more »
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[about the early days of the motion picture industry] Picture making can hardly be said to have developed. The art itself is an evolution--its branches developed. Everything was so absolutely new that the first producers had to evolve their own standards. See more »

Trivia:

Father with Isabelle Mabel MacArthur of Marian Constance Blackton and J. Stuart Blackton Jr.; father with Paula Blackton of Violet Virginia Blackton and Charles Stuart Blackton. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn