J. Stuart Blackton Movies

  • 1915
    The Heights of Hazard

    The Heights of Hazard

    The Heights of Hazard

    01915HD

    Miss Olivia Martindale, at a dinner, announces: "There is no longer any romance in American life," and immediately arouses a storm of protest.

    The Heights of Hazard
  • 1901
    Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus

    Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus

    Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus

    4.51901HD

    In the center of the ring the trainer forms a pile of baskets many feet in height. Greyhounds leap in rapid succession, forming a graceful arch and...

    Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus
  • 1901
    Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car

    Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car

    Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car

    3.31901HD

    Persons who have visited the "Hub," no doubt carried away with vivid recollections of Boston's famous system of Underground Transportation and this...

    Panoramic View of Boston Subway from an Electric Car
  • 1899

    "Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing

    "Shamrock" and "Erin" Sailing

    3.51899HD

    The Shamrock is seen after its defeat in the 1899 America's Cup, along with the Erin, which served as its tow boat across the Atlantic.

  • 1907
    Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid

    Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid

    Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid

    01907HD

    A professor sprays people with 'galvanic fluid', and unleashes pent-up energy. Displays an early use of over-cranking and under-cranking.

    Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid
  • 1919
    A House Divided

    A House Divided

    A House Divided

    01919HD

    A House Divided
  • 1911
    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    The Battle Hymn of the Republic

    01911HD

    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
  • 1915
    Kidnapped in New York

    Kidnapped in New York

    Kidnapped in New York

    51915HD

    When a trio of criminals kidnap a rich man's daughter and nurse, a detective goes undercover into the Italian-immigrant ghetto where they're being...

    Kidnapped in New York
  • 1909
    Benedict Arnold

    Benedict Arnold

    Benedict Arnold

    01909HD

    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
  • 1909
    The Life of George Washington

    The Life of George Washington

    The Life of George Washington

    01909HD

    A two-reel film about George Washington.

    The Life of George Washington
  • 1909
    Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

    Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

    Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

    21909HD

    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
  • 1908
    Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers

    Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers

    Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers

    01908HD

    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
  • 1917
    A Spring Idyll

    A Spring Idyll

    A Spring Idyll

    01917HD

    A Spring Idyll
  • 1927
    The American

    The American

    The American

    01927HD

    Seref, who returns to his country after many years in America, as a dollar billionaire with a cowboy hat on his head, and with his Dallas-type boots...

    The American
  • 1903
    Happy Hooligan Interferes

    Happy Hooligan Interferes

    Happy Hooligan Interferes

    41903HD

    An organ-grinder is playing beneath the window of a cranky old woman. She objects strenuously. The organ-grinder, egged on by Hooligan, keeps on...

    Happy Hooligan Interferes
  • 1901
    Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

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

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

    3.81901HD

    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...

    Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter
  • 1912
    Her Grandchild

    Her Grandchild

    Her Grandchild

    01912HD

    Mrs. Grant, a widow, has one son, Donald. He is not really a bad fellow, but is full of devilment and always getting himself into mischief. One day,...

    Her Grandchild
  • 1909
    Saul and David

    Saul and David

    Saul and David

    01909HD

    Tells the biblical story of Saul's jealousy of the young David, taken from the book of Samuel

    Saul and David
  • 1917
    The Judgment House

    The Judgment House

    The Judgment House

    01917HD

    Frivolous Jasmine Grenfel is torn between the bold Rudyard Byng and the reserved Ian Stafford. Impulsively she marries Byng with the rejected...

    The Judgment House
  • 1907
    Work Made Easy

    Work Made Easy

    Work Made Easy

    01907HD

    Vitagraph short from 1907

    Work Made Easy