J. Stuart Blackton Movies

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

The Astor Battery became famous after the Spanish-American war and these young men are on display in this Edison short, which was shot on Saturday,...

Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.

Two feuding houses are united with the marriage and eventual death of their children.

Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.

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.

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

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...

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...

An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.

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

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

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

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...

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

Vitagraph short from 1907

Big Steve and Little Lefty, a pair of hobos, are happily drifting through life until the First World War comes and enter it and find their lives...

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...

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

Directed by J. Stuart Blackton.