J. Stuart Blackton Movies

  • 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
  • 1920
    Passers-By

    Passers-By

    Passers-By

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    A young Englishman falls in love with the children's governess in his step-sister's home. His step-sister, however, cannot abide the class...

    Passers-By
  • 1908
    Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers

    Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers

    Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers

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    Francesca, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting at the palace. Her father enters, and together they read a letter from Lanciotto, asking for the hand of...

    Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
  • 1908
    Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet

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

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

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    Two feuding houses are united with the marriage and eventual death of their children.

    Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet
  • 1909
    Benedict Arnold

    Benedict Arnold

    Benedict Arnold

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    Arnold, reproved by General Washington, decides, with the bitter hatred of a small nature, to betray West Point into the hands of the British, and to...

    Benedict Arnold
  • 1906
    The Automobile Thieves

    The Automobile Thieves

    The Automobile Thieves

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    A young couple conducts a series of robberies, followed by a chase, in which they are shot and killed.

    The Automobile Thieves
  • 1908
    Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

    Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

    Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

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    King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.

    Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
  • 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
  • 1908
    Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

    Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

    Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

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    Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

    Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
  • 1933
    The Film Parade

    The Film Parade

    The Film Parade

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    Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a...

    The Film Parade
  • 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
  • 1910
    Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest

    Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest

    Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest

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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1920
    The Blood Barrier

    The Blood Barrier

    The Blood Barrier

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    Eugene Solari is fanatically jealous of his beautiful wife Enid. While on a mission for her father, she visits Major Trevor. Her husband finds out...

    The Blood Barrier
  • 1926
    Hell-Bent for Heaven

    Hell-Bent for Heaven

    Hell-Bent for Heaven

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    Sid Hunt and Jude Lowery are Carolina sweethearts but hired-hand Rufe Pryer also has his eyes on her. Rufe lies to Andy, Jude's brother, and a...

    Hell-Bent for Heaven
  • 1919
    A House Divided

    A House Divided

    A House Divided

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    Orphan Mary Lord, the ward of Sir Arthur Stanhope of Parliament, is attracted to Philip Carmichael, a young politician, who ignores her and goes...

    A House Divided
  • 1909
    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

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    Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.

    Oliver Twist
  • 1920
    The Forbidden Valley

    The Forbidden Valley

    The Forbidden Valley

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    A feud has been raging between the Lee and Mitchell families, in the forbidden valley of the Kentucky hills. The lone survivors are Ben Lee, his...

    The Forbidden Valley
  • 1908
    Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance

    Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance

    Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance

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

    Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance