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J. Stuart Blackton.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era low-res collection.

Edison Drawn by “World” Artist
Also known as Blackton Sketches, No. 1, Blackton, the Evening World Cartoonist, Blackton Sketching Edison and Inventor Edison Sketched by World Artist in the USA : [T.A. Edison Drawn by Blackton, N.Y. World Cartoonist], [T.A. Edison: Drawing from N.Y. World by Cartoonist Blackton]
(1896) American
B&W : 150 feet
Directed by [?] William Heise and/or James H. White?

Cast: J. Stuart Blackton [himself].

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by [?] Raff & Gammon? / Cinematography by [?] William Heise and/or James H. White? / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format? / [?] The production is thought to have been shot on the rooftop at Raff & Gammon’s offices on West 28th Street in New York, New York, in either July or August 1896.

Performance: Sketching.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.

Listing updated: 17 February 2009.

References: Leyda-Before pp. 10, 80, 96; Magliozzi-Treasures n. 3663; Musser-Emerge pp. 120, 121, 598, 601; Ramsaye-Million p. 275; Shipman-Cinema p. 16.

Home video: DVD.

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