1900's Media | "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces"

Cartoon

By: J. Stuart Blackton

Date: April 6, 1906

Source: Blackton, J. Stuart, producer and animator. "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces." Vitagraph, 1906. Available online at Origins of American Animation, Library of Congress; http://www.americaslibrary.gov/sh/animation/sh_animation_bl... ; website home page: http://www.americaslibrary.gov (accessed May 27, 2003).

About the Author: Born in Sheffield, England, James Stuart Blackton (1875–1941) moved to the United States in 1886, where Thomas Edison's invitation to participate in a film, "Blackton, the Evening World Cartoonist" (1896), changed his life. By the end of the next year, Blackton had formed the Vitagraph Company for producing his own motion pictures. "The Enchanted Drawing" (1900) and...