LI's silent film genius who died a pauper
Quick ReadFew today know the name of movie pioneer J. Stuart Blackton, who produced the first animated movie, the first propaganda film and possibly the first full-length feature. He was an illustrious resident of Long Island's Gold Coast and hobnobbed with presidents, generals and celebrities.
Photo credit: Photofest | This is a portrait, circa 1920s of Long Island resident and Silent Era filmmaker J.Stuart Blackton.
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'Rags-to-riches-to-rags'
Movie pioneer J. Stuart Blackton produced the first animated movie, the first propaganda film and possibly the first full-length feature. He hobnobbed with presidents, generals and celebrities. And he owned an 80-acre Gold Coast estate where his neighbors were Theodore and other Roosevelts to the north and Louis Comfort Tiffany of stained-glass fame to the south.
Yet, despite fame, fortune...
