J. Stuart Blackton Movies

  • 1911
    Little Nemo

    Little Nemo

    Little Nemo

    6.31911HD

    Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style. Also known as "Winsor...

    Little Nemo
  • 1907
    The Haunted Hotel

    The Haunted Hotel

    The Haunted Hotel

    5.61907HD

    A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.

    The Haunted Hotel
  • 1900
    The Enchanted Drawing

    The Enchanted Drawing

    The Enchanted Drawing

    6.4231900HD

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

    The Enchanted Drawing
  • 1908
    Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)

    Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)

    Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)

    3.51908HD

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

    Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)
  • 1906
    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

    5.7221906HD

    A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.

    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
  • 1917
    The Collie Market

    The Collie Market

    The Collie Market

    01917HD

    The Collie Market
  • 1908
    Richard III

    Richard III

    Richard III

    31908HD

    Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

    Richard III
  • 1909
    Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

    Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

    Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

    5.8021909HD

    A smoker falls asleep, and two mischievious fairies play with his pipe. He discovers this, and imprisons them in a cigar box. He removes a flower...

    Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
  • 1920
    Passers-By

    Passers-By

    Passers-By

    01920HD

    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...

    Passers-By
  • 1908
    The Thieving Hand

    The Thieving Hand

    The Thieving Hand

    6.51908HD

    A one-armed street peddler notices that a well-to-do man has dropped his ring. He returns it to him. The wealthy man is very grateful and, to show...

    The Thieving Hand
  • 1909
    Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

    Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

    Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

    31909HD

    Part two of Blackton's "The Life of Napoleon". After Waterloo, Napoleon reminisces. His triumphs are seen in flashback. The film ends with the exiled...

    Napoleon, the Man of Destiny
  • 1911
    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    01911HD

    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...

    The Battle Hymn of the Republic
  • 1925
    The Happy Warrior

    The Happy Warrior

    The Happy Warrior

    01925HD

    Malcolm McGregor joins the circus and falls in love with Olive Borden but his life changes when he finds out he is a titled Lord.

    The Happy Warrior
  • 1912
    The Life and Death of King Richard III

    The Life and Death of King Richard III

    The Life and Death of King Richard III

    4.71912HD

    Shakespeare's tragedy of the wicked and hump-backed Duke of Gloucester, who rises to the throne of England by chicanery, treachery, and brilliance.

    The Life and Death of King Richard III
  • 1908
    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

    4.81908HD

    Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
  • 1909
    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    4.6791909HD

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

    A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • 1898
    Little Mischief

    Little Mischief

    Little Mischief

    3.21898HD

    Papa is reading his newspaper and his little girl tickles his neck with a long straw. Thinking it is a fly papa "shoos" away the supposed fly with...

    Little Mischief
  • 1924
    The Beloved Brute

    The Beloved Brute

    The Beloved Brute

    01924HD

    A Western melodrama about brothers, separated in early childhood, who wound up as opponents in a side-show wrestling match.

    The Beloved Brute
  • 1909
    The Life of Moses

    The Life of Moses

    The Life of Moses

    11909HD

    Released in five parts (The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians, Forty Years in the Land of Midian, The Plagues of Egypt and the...

    The Life of Moses
  • 1926
    Bride of the Storm

    Bride of the Storm

    Bride of the Storm

    01926HD

    An American ship is wrecked off the coast of the Dutch East Indies, and little Faith Fitzhugh and her mother have washed ashore on a rocky island...

    Bride of the Storm