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Director:
J. Stuart Blackton
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Release Date:
7 April 1906 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Short more
Plot:
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:3 min
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Historians generally cite this as the first animated cartoon. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: J. Stuart Blackton's hand keeps getting in the camera's way. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Disneyland: The Story of the Animated Drawing (#2.11)" (1955) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Where it all began..., 7 August 1999
Author: Lirazel

The artist's hand and a blackboard..a quick sketch of a face..another face, a cigar, a cloud of smoke, and suddenly, a whole new art form is born. No genius here, absolutely terrible drawing, but it's the first one as far as we know, and deserves a bit of credit just for that..Melies did stop motion first, and there were hundreds of flip books using the persistence of vision to animate line drawings before this silly little strip of celluloid came along. Nonetheless, everyone who has ever enjoyed a Tex Avery or Disney cartoon should know the humble origins of the form, and this is one example.

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