The Enchanted Drawing
The Enchanted Drawing | |
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The entire film | |
Produced by | Vitagraph Studios, Thomas Edison |
Starring | J. Stuart Blackton |
Distributed by | Edison Studios |
Release dates | November 16, 1900 |
Running time | 2 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
The Enchanted Drawing is a silent film best known for containing the first animated sequences recorded on standard picture film, directed in 1900 by J. Stuart Blackton, who is because of that considered the father of American animation.
Contents
The film shows a man drawing a cartoon face on an easel. He draws a hat on the head and then a bottle of wine, a glass and a cigar. He then takes objects off the canvas and they go back into the image.
Technique
It is a combination of a silent film and stop motion animation.
See also
External links
- The Enchanted Drawing at the Internet Movie Database
- The Enchanted Drawing at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- The Enchanted Drawing at the Library of Congress
- The Enchanted Drawing on YouTube
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