The Enchanted Drawing

Name: The Enchanted Drawing
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy
Released: 1900-11-16
Duration: 2 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: J. Stuart Blackton

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J. Stuart Blackton in The Enchanted Drawing (1900)

Animation Short Comedy

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

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

138,105

43,272

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Director
- J. Stuart Blackton
Star
- J. Stuart Blackton

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Trivia
Both stop-motion and drawn animation techniques were used in this film.

Connections
Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #3.1 (1990)

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Early Animation

Enchanted Drawing, The (1900)

*** (out of 4)

Early attempt at animation is also another take on the work of Georges Melies. A cartoonist walks onto a stage with a large sheet of paper. He then begins to draw various items, which seems to come to life (this trick down with the editing). It's hard to be too hard on a film this early and running just over a minutes so I won't even try. This is a pretty fun little movie even with the various flaws. I found the cartoonist to be pretty entertaining and the drawings are quite nice. The "magic" tricks aren't that believable and are miles below the work of Melies but they're still mildly charming.

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