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The Enchanted Drawing is a 1900 American trick film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and released by the Vitagraph Company. Blackton appears on screen sketching a face and several objects on a large pad, then uses stop-camera substitutions to make the drawn bottle, glass, hat, and cigar appear to move between the picture and the physical world. The short combines live action with manipulated drawings rather than continuous character animation, making it an important example of early cinematic animation effects.
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What happens in The Enchanted Drawing?
In this 1900 silent trick film, J. Stuart Blackton sketches a face, a wine bottle, a goblet, a hat, and a cigar, then appears to remove real objects from the drawing. The illusion uses stop-camera substitutions.
Was The Enchanted Drawing made by Vitagraph or Edison?
Blackton directed the film and appeared on screen, while AFI records Edison Manufacturing Company as the production company. It was filmed at Vitagraph's rooftop studio in New York, which explains why both names appear in descriptions of the film.
Is The Enchanted Drawing an animated film or live action?
It is a live-action trick film that uses early animation-like effects rather than a conventional cartoon. Its roughly 90-second runtime centers on Blackton performing before an easel.
What Blackton film followed The Enchanted Drawing?
A related follow-up was Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, released in 1906. The Enchanted Drawing dates from 1900, six years earlier.
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