James Stuart Blackton was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmak
Blackton in 1912
Vitagraph Studios founders William T. Rock, Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton (1916)
Blackton and daughter Marian Blackton Trimble (1901–1993), author of a personal biography of her father that was edited by film historian Anthony Slide
A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was an American film production company. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as t
J. Stuart Blackton
…5, 1875 – August 13, 1941) was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation, is considered a father of American animation, and…
Vitagraph Studios Brooklyn, New York
Advertisement for Vitagraph features in The Moving Picture World, 1916
Vitagraph Studios, Hollywood, California