J. Stuart Blackton Movies

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

A Seventeenth Century romance in which an eloping couple try to escape the wrath of the girl's father.

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

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

A two-reel film about George Washington.

A comic looking prison eats soup

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

Vitagraph short from 1907

Released the same week than Selig's version, they both were the first film versions of the popular play, adapted from Ellen Wood's 1861 novel.

A pretty and natural picture in which the principal actors are two tiny tots who are evidently not a bit afraid of the briny deep as they splash...