Humorous Phases Of Funny Faces (1906) | Oldest Known Stop-Motion Animation
Channel: Screen Prism
Date: 2024-04-02

HUMOROUS PHASES OF FUNNY FACES is a short silent animated cartoon directed by James Stuart Blackton and generally regarded by film historians as the first animated film recorded on standard picture film.

J. Stuart Blackton "draws" a series of funny faces, including a line drawing of two faces, a man with an umbrella, a line drawing of two faces in profile, and a clown. 

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