The Enchanted Drawing

The Enchanted Drawing is a 1900 silent film directed by J. Stuart Blackton. It is best known for containing the first animated sequences recorded on standard picture film, which has led Blackton to be 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

• List of American films of 1900
• J. Stuart Blackton
• Vitagraph Studios

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to James Stuart Blackton.

• The Enchanted Drawing at the Internet Movie Database
• The Enchanted Drawing at The Big Cartoon DataBase
• The Enchanted Drawing at the Library of Congress