Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941
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Name (Latin)
Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941
Other forms of name
Blackton, J. S. (James Stuart), 1875-1941
Blackton, J. Stuart (James Stuart), 1875-1941
Blackton, Jim, 1875-1941
Date of birth
1875-01-05
Date of death
1941-08-13
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- James Stuart Blackton and the birth of American movies, 2015:ECIP data view (b. 1875; d. 1941; first combination American actor-director-producer; first US national exhibitor and film promotor; he contributed landmark innovations in everything from special effects to single-frame animation, for which he is often regarded as the father of the animated cartoon)
- Trimble, M.B. J. Stuart Blackton, 1985:CIP t.p. (J. Stuart Blackton) galley (b. 1/4/1985 "as far as can be ascertained"; d. 1941; Jim Blackton; James Stuart Blackton, J.S. Blackton)
- LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Blackton, J. Stuart, 1875- )
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Wikipedia description:
James Stuart Blackton (January 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 was the first to bring many classic plays and books to the screen. Blackton was also the commodore of the Motorboat Club of America and the Atlantic Yacht Club.
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