J. Stuart Blackton
Liquid Electricity; or The Inventor's Galvanic Fluid
A professor sprays people with 'galvanic fluid', and unleashes pent-up energy. Displays an…
1907
The Haunted Hotel
A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various…
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.
Work Made Easy
Vitagraph short from 1907
East Lynne; or, Red Astray
Released the same week than Selig's version, they both were the first film versions of the…
1908
Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
Francesca, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting at the palace. Her father enters, and together…
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
A Seventeenth Century romance in which an eloping couple try to escape the wrath of the gi…
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.
1908
Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet
Two feuding houses are united with the marriage and eventual death of their children.
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Bap…
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
A dancer enchants a leacherous king but rebuffs his advances, resulting in his vengeful an…
The Merchant of Venice
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio c…
The Story of Treasure Island
The first scene shows part of Flint's old pirate crew, with one-legged John Silver in the…
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
A Saxon prisoner rescues his Viking's captor's daughter, resulting in his freedom and thei…
1909
A Midsummer Night's Dream
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adapta…
Benedict Arnold
Arnold, reproved by General Washington, decides, with the bitter hatred of a small nature,…
Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy
Early short film dramatizing the biblical story of Jephthah (Judges 11).
1909
King Lear
An impressively tactile, if slightly over-ambitious, adaptation of King Lear from Vitagrap…
1909
Napoleon and the Empress Josephine
Part one of Blackton’s “The Life of Napoleon". Napoleon meets Josephine, falls in love wit…
1909
Napoleon, the Man of Destiny
Part two of Blackton's "The Life of Napoleon". After Waterloo, Napoleon reminisces. His tr…
1909
Oliver Twist
Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.
1909
Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
A smoker falls asleep, and two mischievious fairies play with his pipe. He discovers this,…
Saul and David
Tells the biblical story of Saul's jealousy of the young David, taken from the book of Sam…
1909
The Bride of Lammermoor
Sir Walter Scott adaptation, existing in fragmentary form in the Library of Congress paper…
The Galley Slave
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a rel…
1909
The Judgment of Solomon
"The Judgment of Solomon" was billed as a Vitagraph High Art Film. Biblical Production. It…
The Life of George Washington
A two-part silent movie, with the first part focusing on Washington's early life and Frenc…
1909
The Life of Moses
Released in five parts (The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians, Forty…
The Magic Fountain Pen
An item in the 24 Jul 1909 Moving Picture World called this film “a series of magic drawin…
1909
The Way of the Cross, The Story of Ancient Rome
A story of ancient Rome. The scene of this story is laid in Rome in the days of Nero. Rome…
1910
Elektra
Agamemmon returns to Argos from the Siege of Troy, bringing, as a prisoner and trophy of w…
1910
Francesca di Rimini
The story of Canto V of the Inferno is briefly summarized. The film is a remake of The Two…
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton.
1910
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The incidents of this story are some of those preceding and leading up to the Civil War in…
1911
Lady Godiva
The story of how Lady Godiva came to ride naked through the streets of Coventry.