J. Stuart Blackton Movies

Artist draws Thomas Edison.

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...

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

The Clean Heart (1924)

The Passionate Quest is a 1926 American drama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and written by Marian Constance Blackton. It is based on the 1924...

Directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Laurence Trimble.

Mrs. Grant, a widow, has one son, Donald. He is not really a bad fellow, but is full of devilment and always getting himself into mischief. One day,...

Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.

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 early short featuring Florence Lawrence.

There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating...

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

Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.

A Saxon prisoner rescues his Viking's captor's daughter, resulting in his freedom and their marriage.

Shows the efficiency of modern life-saving methods and apparatus now in use by the fire departments. Shows the front of a building burning and two...

Directed by J. Stuart Blackton.

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

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

The Humpty Dumpty Circus is the first animated short film created in stop-motion technique. It features a circus with acrobats and animals in motion.