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	James Stuart Blackton was born in 1875.
	James Stuart Blackton (January 5, 1875 – August 13, 1941) was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era.
	Take a closer look at James Stuart Blackton, a revolutionary filmmaker in old Hollywood who has received little credit.

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James Stuart Blackton (January 5, – August 13, ) was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era.

J. Stuart Blackton

American film producer (1875–1941)

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^[1] and the Atlantic Yacht Club.^[2]

Biography

James Stuart Blackton was born on January 5, 1875, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, to Henry Blacktin and Jessie Stuart. Henry Blacktin emigrated with his family to the United States in 1885 and changed the family name to Blackton.^[2]

He worked as a reporter and illustrator for the New York Evening World, and performed regularly on stage with conjuror Albert Smith.^[3

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This man was James Stuart Blackton, who not only did all of the aforementioned but was also the first to yell ‘action’ and ‘cut’ while making movies.

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Before Walt Disney, there was James Stuart Blackton, the British-American pioneer of hand-drawn animation that revolutionized the film industry.

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The film is based on the novel The Christian by Hall Caine, published in 1897, the first British novel to reach the record of one million copies sold.