J. Stuart Blackton

Born: 1875-01-05

From: Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK

Known For: Directing

Biography

James Stuart Blackton was a pioneer Anglo-American filmmaker and can be credited with the first feature-length American production. He founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897 and was among the first filmmakers to use stop-motion and drawn animation.

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1906

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

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1902

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

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1912

A Vitagraph Romance

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1900

The Enchanted Drawing

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1898

The Burglar on the Roof

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1900

Hooligan Assists the Magician

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1907

Lightning Sketches

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1903

Happy Hooligan Interferes

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1900

Happy Hooligan

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1903

Hooligan in Jail

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1906

The Automobile Thieves

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1896

Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

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1912

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A Vitagraph Romance

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1907

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Lightning Sketches

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1906

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The Automobile Thieves

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Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

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1903

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Hooligan in Jail

character - Happy Hooligan

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Happy Hooligan Interferes

character - Happy Hooligan

1902

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

character - Happy Hooligan

1900

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The Enchanted Drawing

character - Chalk-Talk Artist

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Hooligan Assists the Magician

character - Happy Hooligan

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Happy Hooligan

character - Happy Hooligan

1898

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The Burglar on the Roof

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1896

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Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

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The Death of King Edward III

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1911-08-05

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The Redeeming Sin

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1925-01-25

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The Thieving Hand

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-02-01

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The Enchanted Drawing

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1900-11-16

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Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-08-10

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Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1906-04-05

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-12-25

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The Glorious Adventure

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1922-04-23

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The Glorious Adventure

J. Stuart Blackton: Editor (Editing)1922-04-23

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Bride of the Storm

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1926-02-20

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Lightning Sketches

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1907-07-27

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The Haunted Hotel

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1907-02-23

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Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-05-22

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Little Mischief

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1898-08-31

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'Columbia' Winning the Cup

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1899-05-20

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Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1899-03-20

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Astor Battery on Parade

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1899-01-20

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Maude's Naughty Little Brother

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1900-05-21

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Hooligan Assists the Magician

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1900-11-01

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The Congress of Nations

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1900-11-21

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The Clown and the Alchemist

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1900-11-21

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Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1901-12-16

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The Burglar on the Roof

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1898-12-01

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Firemen Rescuing Men and Women

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1899-06-30

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Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1901-12-03

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Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1901-12-17

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The Honeymooners

J. Stuart Blackton: Writer (Writing)1914-08-21

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Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)2022-06-06

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Kidnapped in New York

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1915-10-15

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Les Misérables

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-09-03

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Oliver Twist

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-04-30

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The Battle Cry of Peace

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1915-08-05

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Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-01-02

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The Judgment of Solomon

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-01-02

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Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-01-02

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The Life of Moses

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-12-04

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Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-01-02

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Cardinal Wolsey

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1912-01-02

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Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1910-01-02

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Benedict Arnold

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-11-16

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The Message of the Mouse

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1917-07-02

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Little Nemo

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1911-04-08

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Tides of Passion

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1925-04-26

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Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1917-04-09

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Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation

J. Stuart Blackton: Story (Writing)1917-04-09

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Transgression

J. Stuart Blackton: Story (Writing)1917-08-20

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The Fighting Trail

J. Stuart Blackton: Story (Writing)1917-09-10

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The Thieving Hand

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1908-02-01

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The Beloved Brute

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1924-11-09

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

J. Stuart Blackton: Supervising Producer (Production)1910-07-06

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The Battle Cry of Peace

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1915-08-05

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The Battle Cry of Peace

J. Stuart Blackton: Writer (Writing)1915-08-05

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The Film Parade

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1933-01-01

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Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1907-09-07

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Lightning Sketches

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1907-07-27

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The Life and Death of King Richard III

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1912-10-15

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The Cavalier's Dream

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1898-12-22

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Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-12-01

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As You Like It

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1912-10-06

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As You Like It

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1912-10-06

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The Automobile Thieves

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1906-09-22

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The Life of George Washington

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-06-29

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King Lear

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-03-27

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The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-08-01

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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1905-10-14

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The Enchanted Drawing

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1900-11-16

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Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1909-08-10

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A Visit to the Spiritualist

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1899-12-01

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The Merchant of Venice

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-01-01

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Happy Hooligan

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1900-01-01

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1910-07-26

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East Lynne; or, Red Astray

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-06-01

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The Way of the Cross

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-08-21

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The American

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1927-01-01

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The Clean Heart

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1924-09-15

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The Story of Treasure Island

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-03-08

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The Story of Treasure Island

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1908-03-08

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Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-11-03

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Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian

J. Stuart Blackton: Production Manager (Production)1908-11-03

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A Gentleman of France

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1905-12-02

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Humpty Dumpty Circus

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1898-11-02

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Passers-By

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1920-06-20

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The Passionate Quest

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1926-07-10

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Richard III

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-09-26

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The Bride of Lammermoor

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-06-17

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The Happy Warrior

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1925-07-05

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The Collie Market

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1917-04-02

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The Diary of a Puppy

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1917-12-23

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The Fairy Godfather

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1917-04-30

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A Spring Idyll

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1917-04-09

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The Battle Hymn of the Republic

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1911-06-30

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The Gilded Highway

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1926-03-13

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"Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1899-09-27

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The Glorious Adventure

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1922-04-23

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The Glorious Adventure

J. Stuart Blackton: Story (Writing)1922-04-23

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Work Made Easy

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1907-12-28

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Life's Greatest Problem

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1918-11-03

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On the Banks of the Wabash

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1923-10-22

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And the Villain Still Pursued Her, or, the Author's Dream

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1906-12-01

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Jeffries Skipping the Rope

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1901-12-14

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Jeffries Throwing the Medicine Ball

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1901-12-14

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Hell-Bent for Heaven

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1926-05-01

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Battle of Santiago Bay

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1898-01-01

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The Magic Fountain Pen

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-07-17

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Children Bathing

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1901-12-16

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

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-06-06

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Salome (The Dance of Seven Veils)

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-08-29

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The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1907-12-01

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The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-12-19

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Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-07-25

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Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1908-04-19

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Her Grandchild

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1912-08-19

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The Common Cause

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1919-01-05

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The Common Cause

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1919-01-05

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The Heights of Hazard

J. Stuart Blackton: Presenter (Crew)1915-11-15

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A Gipsy Cavalier

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1922-12-29

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A Gipsy Cavalier

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1922-12-29

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The Judgment House

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1917-11-19

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The Judgment House

J. Stuart Blackton: Adaptation (Writing)1917-11-19

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The Judgment House

J. Stuart Blackton: Producer (Production)1917-11-19

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The Judgment House

J. Stuart Blackton: Presenter (Crew)1917-11-19

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The 100 to One Shot; or, A Run of Luck

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1906-07-28

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A House Divided

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1919-04-27

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The Spirit of Christmas

J. Stuart Blackton: Supervisor of Production Resources (Crew)1913-12-25

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Saul and David

J. Stuart Blackton: Director (Directing)1909-02-27

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