Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
- 1906
- 3m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
1.6K
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A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
- Director
- Star
J. Stuart Blackton
- Cartoonist
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHistorians generally cite this as the first animated cartoon.
- GoofsJ. Stuart Blackton's hand keeps getting in the camera's way.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Magical World of Disney: The Story of the Animated Drawing (1955)
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This is an historically little classic from early movie-maker J. Stuart Blackton.
It's always interesting to watch a movie that is over- or near 100 years old. Movie-making obviously was still a profession yet in development which let to some many experimental little productions. This movie is one of those early experimental movies, that for one of the first times ever shows us a couple of fully moving animated characters, that also interact with each other.
Of course nothing really happens in this movie. It's just merely used as a medium to show off the skills- and possibilities of this new genre. The movie features a couple of animated persons that get drawn by J. Stuart Blackton himself. The characters interact simply to each other. It doesn't make this movie very entertaining to watch, although the bit with the dog and clown was pretty amusingly done.
The animations themselves are good and the speed is more than great. All of the movements feel right and natural. A real big accomplishment.
It's hard to rate a thing like this. It obviously is a little piece of early movie history and is simply a must-see because its widely regarded as the first ever animated movie. But the movie itself is hardly interesting or amusing enough to watch. Nothing really happens and thank goodness that the movie doesn't run over 3 minutes. I therefor go with a safe six out of ten.
6/10
http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
It's always interesting to watch a movie that is over- or near 100 years old. Movie-making obviously was still a profession yet in development which let to some many experimental little productions. This movie is one of those early experimental movies, that for one of the first times ever shows us a couple of fully moving animated characters, that also interact with each other.
Of course nothing really happens in this movie. It's just merely used as a medium to show off the skills- and possibilities of this new genre. The movie features a couple of animated persons that get drawn by J. Stuart Blackton himself. The characters interact simply to each other. It doesn't make this movie very entertaining to watch, although the bit with the dog and clown was pretty amusingly done.
The animations themselves are good and the speed is more than great. All of the movements feel right and natural. A real big accomplishment.
It's hard to rate a thing like this. It obviously is a little piece of early movie history and is simply a must-see because its widely regarded as the first ever animated movie. But the movie itself is hardly interesting or amusing enough to watch. Nothing really happens and thank goodness that the movie doesn't run over 3 minutes. I therefor go with a safe six out of ten.
6/10
http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
- Boba_Fett1138
- Dec 26, 2006
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- Also known as
- Комические фазы смешных лиц
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- Runtime3 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) officially released in Canada in English?
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