J. Stuart Blackton
1875 - 1941The American
J. Stuart Blackton
Charles Ray, Bessie Love
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 has an interesting past: Twenty years ago he has lost his sweetheart Melek to his closest friend, and furthermore, has been put in prison. He found a way to escape from prison, going to America, the country of dreams. Here, he has become a businessman with boundless wealth, known as Seref The Turk. When he returns to his country as an American, even though he has some commercial aims in mind, his real desire is to take revenge. He will settle accounts with the friend who stabbed him in the back many years ago, and with Melek who is betrayed him. However, when he sets foot in Turkey with yearning, he meets 'Small America' in chaos. On top of that, while looking for Melek, he finds himself in the middle of a funny and exciting adventure where sexuality and violence mingle.
The American
Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
J. Stuart Blackton
William V. Ranous, Florence Turner
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. Both are overjoyed at the union of the two great houses in marriage, and the daughter retires to dress for Lanciotto's arrival.
Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
Passers-By
J. Stuart Blackton
Herbert Rawlinson, Leila Valentine
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 differential in the romance and sabotages it. The young man, in a state of boredom and depression, begins to invite into the house anyone who happens to pass by in the street.
Passers-By
The Film Parade
J. Stuart Blackton
Kent Stevenson, Charlie Chaplin
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 52-minute feature called The Film Parade that was shown in New York and favorably reviewed by "Variety" in 1933. He continued tinkering with the film for the rest of the decade, and later filmmakers and distributors used Blackton's footage for stock or to produce their own variously titled and truncated versions. -UCLA Film & Television Archive
The Film Parade
Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)
J. Stuart Blackton
Paul Panzer, Florence Lawrence
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)
Little Nemo
J. Stuart Blackton, Winsor McCay
Winsor McCay, John Bunny
Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style. Also known as "Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics".
Little Nemo
And the Villain Still Pursued Her, or, the Author's Dream
J. Stuart Blackton
Paul Panzer
A writer of tawdry fiction falls asleep at his desk and dreams of a romantic rivalry-- One likely as familiar to film fans then as it is now-- But things take a turn for the bizarre when our hero is shot in the head. An ambitious and hilarious parody of melodramatic tropes from pioneer Blackton.
And the Villain Still Pursued Her, or, the Author's Dream
