J. Stuart Blackton Movies

  • 1909
    Saul and David

    Saul and David

    Saul and David

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    Tells the biblical story of Saul's jealousy of the young David, taken from the book of Samuel

    Saul and David
  • 1905
    Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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    The millionaire's child is kidnapped. Sherlock Holmes after many thrilling adventures and narrow escapes rescues the child.

    Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  • 1927
    The American

    The American

    The American

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    Seref, who returns to his country after many years in America, as a dollar billionaire with a cowboy hat on his head, and with his Dallas-type boots...

    The American
  • 1902
    The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship

    The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship

    The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship

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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...

    The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
  • 1908
    The Story of Treasure Island

    The Story of Treasure Island

    The Story of Treasure Island

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    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,...

    The Story of Treasure Island
  • 1926
    The Gilded Highway

    The Gilded Highway

    The Gilded Highway

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    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 Gilded Highway
  • 1912
    As You Like It

    As You Like It

    As You Like It

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    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...

    As You Like It
  • 1908
    Richard III

    Richard III

    Richard III

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    Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

    Richard III
  • 1898
    Little Mischief

    Little Mischief

    Little Mischief

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    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
  • 1909
    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

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    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
  • 1926
    Bride of the Storm

    Bride of the Storm

    Bride of the Storm

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    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
  • 1915
    The Battle Cry of Peace

    The Battle Cry of Peace

    The Battle Cry of Peace

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

    The Battle Cry of Peace
  • 1918
    Life's Greatest Problem

    Life's Greatest Problem

    Life's Greatest Problem

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    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...

    Life's Greatest Problem
  • 1899
    Firemen Rescuing Men and Women

    Firemen Rescuing Men and Women

    Firemen Rescuing Men and Women

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    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...

    Firemen Rescuing Men and Women
  • 1909
    Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

    Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

    Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

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    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
  • 1917
    A Spring Idyll

    A Spring Idyll

    A Spring Idyll

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    A Spring Idyll
  • 1898
    The Burglar on the Roof

    The Burglar on the Roof

    The Burglar on the Roof

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    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...

    The Burglar on the Roof
  • 1910
    Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest, Held at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910

    Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest, Held at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910

    Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest, Held at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910

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    Film recording of a controversial boxing match with the first black heavyweight champion fighting a white retired former champion.

    Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest, Held at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910
  • 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

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    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
  • 1911
    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

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    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