J. Stuart Blackton Movies

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

A montage of 13 remarkable short films recently digitized by the Library of Congress, whose themes echo the program of the Domitor 2022 conference,...

Enemy agents under the leadership of "Emanon" conspire with pacifists to keep the American defense appropriations down at a time when forces of the...

A young Englishman falls in love with the children's governess in his step-sister's home. His step-sister, however, cannot abide the class...

This patriotic and historic picture portrays the writing of the famous national hymn by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. In the early part of the Civil War...

Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.

Early short film dramatizing the biblical story of Jephthah (Judges 11).

Hal Page, the weakling brother of Stephen Page, the town mayor, falls in love with Carline Shrefton, who throws over Burt Staley to entangle Hal in...

An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.

After inheriting a fortune from an uncle they barely and carelessly cared for during his last years, the Welbys become social-climbing snobs to the...

The incidents of this story are some of those preceding and leading up to the Civil War in 1861 and the Declaration of Emancipation. The central...

Directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Laurence Trimble.

A dancer enchants a leacherous king but rebuffs his advances, resulting in his vengeful anger.

He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast....

A magician steps upon the stage carrying a hoop covered with white paper. Then in quick succession the flags of Germany, Russia, Ireland, England and...

The Clean Heart (1924)

An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.

A wealthy financier is tricked by a pair of spies into giving millions to foreign powers. His daughter is suspicious and hires a Detective, who is...

Directed by J. Stuart Blackton.

When the nation of Ruthania declares war on the United States, an army of enemy soldiers invades the U.S. and captures New York. But the American...