J. Stuart Blackton Movies

An illustrator draws some sketches at lightning speed. He first illustrates how he can turn a written word into a sketch of that word.

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A comic picture that defies description. It depicts the Twentieth Century up-to-date tramp flying over the chimney tops of New York City in the...

After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her...

Sir Walter Scott adaptation, existing in fragmentary form in the Library of Congress paper print collections.

Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.

Although we are led to believe that the ancient alchemists were all powerful, this picture somewhat reverses the order of things...

Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a...

J. Stuart Blackton filming the Battle of Santiago Bay in 1898

Francesca, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting at the palace. Her father enters, and together they read a letter from Lanciotto, asking for the hand of...

Arnold, reproved by General Washington, decides, with the bitter hatred of a small nature, to betray West Point into the hands of the British, and to...

Lupin is the lover of Joan of the Apaches. She is attracted by Paul de Gafilet, nobleman and sculptor. She visits him in his studio and resolves to...

A countryman goes to see a spiritualist and is frightened by what he sees.

Directed by J. Stuart Blackton.

Part one of Blackton’s “The Life of Napoleon". Napoleon meets Josephine, falls in love with her, marries and then divorces her.

King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.

In the center of the ring the trainer forms a pile of baskets many feet in height. Greyhounds leap in rapid succession, forming a graceful arch and...

The Shamrock is seen after its defeat in the 1899 America's Cup, along with the Erin, which served as its tow boat across the Atlantic.

The first scene shows part of Flint's old pirate crew, with one-legged John Silver in the lead. They have discovered the hiding place of Billy Bones,...