J. Stuart Blackton Movies

  • 1901
    The Mysterious Cafe; or, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

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

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

    4.71901HD

    As the above title indicates, the scene does not take place in an ordinary restaurant, but one in which all natural rules of order and gravitation...

    The Mysterious Cafe; or, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter
  • 1918
    Life's Greatest Problem

    Life's Greatest Problem

    Life's Greatest Problem

    01918HD

    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
  • 1914
    The Honeymooners

    The Honeymooners

    The Honeymooners

    01914HD

    No sooner have Jimmy and Mary, a newly-married couple, entered their new home when Jimmie receives a note from his wealthy uncle, announcing his...

    The Honeymooners
  • 1915
    The Battle Cry of Peace

    The Battle Cry of Peace

    The Battle Cry of Peace

    01915HD

    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
  • 1908
    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

    4.71908HD

    Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
  • 1906
    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

    5.81906HD

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

    Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
  • 1909
    Princess Nicotine

    Princess Nicotine

    Princess Nicotine

    5.81909HD

    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
  • 1905
    Monsieur Beaucaire, the Adventures of a Gentleman of France

    Monsieur Beaucaire, the Adventures of a Gentleman of France

    Monsieur Beaucaire, the Adventures of a Gentleman of France

    41905HD

    Monsieur Beaucaire, a French nobleman & relative of the King, engages in a sword fight with the jealous Duke of Winterset over a card game, leading...

    Monsieur Beaucaire, the Adventures of a Gentleman of France
  • 1911
    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    101911HD

    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
  • 1909
    Ruy Blas

    Ruy Blas

    Ruy Blas

    01909HD

    Ruy Blas, one of Don Salluste's lackeys, falls in love with the young Queen of Spain, Maria de Neubourg. Spurned by the Queen, Don Salluste takes...

    Ruy Blas
  • 1896
    Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

    Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

    Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist

    4.61896HD

    Artist draws Thomas Edison.

    Edison Drawn by 'World' Artist
  • 1924
    Let Not Man Put Asunder

    Let Not Man Put Asunder

    Let Not Man Put Asunder

    81924HD

    Let Not Man Put Asunder
  • 1909
    Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

    Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

    Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

    5.71909HD

    Part one of Blackton’s “The Life of Napoleon". Napoleon meets Josephine, falls in love with her, marries and then divorces her.

    Napoleon and the Empress Josephine
  • 1912
    As You Like It

    As You Like It

    As You Like It

    11912HD

    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
  • 1919
    Dawn

    Dawn

    Dawn

    71919HD

    Keith, an artist, begins to go blind as a result of having fallen out of a tree as a child. His fiancé Dorothy, a wealthy heiress, had...

    Dawn
  • 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
  • 1918
    The World for Sale

    The World for Sale

    The World for Sale

    01918HD

    The plot revolves around two rival towns in the Canadian Northwest, which are connected only by a bridge. Ingolby, a determined, idealistic engineer,...

    The World for Sale
  • 1910
    Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy

    Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy

    Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy

    2.51910HD

    Treasonous courtiers plot to assassinate Cardinal Richelieu and overthrow King Louis XIII, manipulating Chevalier DeMauprat into joining the scheme....

    Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
  • 1899
    Firemen Rescuing Men and Women

    Firemen Rescuing Men and Women

    Firemen Rescuing Men and Women

    51899HD

    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
  • 1908
    The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice

    The Merchant of Venice

    01908HD

    A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's...

    The Merchant of Venice