Staurt+J+Blackton+(Revised)

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===**Can we see his work today?** Yes, through every day motion picture movies. Even though today's motion picture is way more advanced than what is was when he invented it, he still invented the basic motion picture.===

Fun Facts

 * ===He interviewed Thomas Jefferson in 1895===
 * ===He was a millionaire.===

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===Popova, Maria. "The Enchanted Drawing: J. Stuart Blackton's Early Animation." Brain Pickings. Brian Pickings. Web. 07 Oct. 2011. . === === Stuart J. Blackton made living as a performer, in the early days, before his film making career. He could make drawings super fast and he could make the characters talk just as fastto make a mini movie or to make the drawings as if they were moving. He eventually became a reporter for the //New York Evening World// newspaper and in that job he interviewed Thomas Edison. He founded the American Vitagraph Company and began to produce film. This led up to the first film, The Enchanted Drawing in the year 1900. ===

===**b)** Dixon, Bryony. "J. Stuart Blackton (American Film Director) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia." Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia. BFI Screen Online, 2010. Web. 06 Oct. 2011. [] . ‍‍‍‍ === === Stuart J. Blackton was born on January 5, 1975 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He was a director, producer and animator. He introduced (revolutionized) animation to America. He interviewed Thomas Edison in 1895, showing him his precious drawings. He made many films and that made him a millionaire. He left the company “Vitagraph”, but eventually came back. He gave the company he worked for to the Warner Brothers. He made his films using famous characters like Sherlock Holms, Oliver Twist and even Moses. After he lost all him money in 1929 he lived off of showing his films as “sideshows”. He died August 13, 1941 in Hollywood. ‍‍‍‍‍ ===

===**c)** Frankfob2@yahoo.com. "J. Stuart Blackton." //IMDb//. IMDB.com INC., 2011. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. []. ===

===Stuart J. Blackton was bron January 5, 1875. His family came to the US when he was 10 from England. He owned Vitagraph Studios with Albert E. Smith. He worked as a reporter for the "New York Evening World" newspaper. He interviewed Thomas Edison. He died in a car accident in Hollywood. ===

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===Less, Owning. "The Enchanted Drawing: J. Stuart Blackton's Early Animation." //Brain Pickings//. Web. 17 Oct. 2011. . Stuart J. Blackton was the creator of famous film was The Enchanted Drawing. It was a silent animated film from the 1900’s. Before his animation career he was a performer, he was known as “The Komikal Kartoonist.” It was in performing when he began to start drawing “lightning sketches” (high-speed drawings on an easel pad, modified rapidly before the audience’s eyes as he delivered an equally rapid verbal stream. After his acting career he became a reporter for the New York Evening World newspaper in 1896. He was a great reporter but that’s not what he loved. That’s when he went onto his animation career. He excelled at every career he had, but he loved animation motion picture the most.===

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