History of the Movies - 1900: "The Enchanted Drawing"

HISTORY OF THE MOVIES: The Enchanted Drawing

1900 by J. Stuart Blackton

An early Vitagraph jawn from the Edison Laboratory gang, who were like the Elephant 6 of the dark ages of Cinema.

This little number features Blackton drawing a large face on a sheet of paper, then interacting with that face in wacky ways.

He draws a hat, then pulls the hat out of the drawing and puts it on his own head.
He draws a cigar in the face's mouth, then takes it and smokes it (and the drawing gets piiiiisssssed). 

Good little movie even though Fuck Thomas Edison.

1900 Honorable Mentions:

EXPLOSION OF A MOTOR CAR by Cecil Hepworth
ATTACK ON A CHINA MISSION by James Williamson
JOAN OF ARC by Georges Melies