A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Cast: (unknown)

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Animation by J. Stuart Blackton. / © 6 April 1906 by The Vitagraph Company of America [H75272]. Released April 1906. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Reputed to be the first animated film. [?] Slide-Early p. 14 notes that the film may have been made as early as 1904.

Comedy: Animation.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute / J. Stuart Blackton collection) [35mm reference positive (FEA 5523)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animation

Listing updated: 15 January 2025.

References: Slide-BigV p. 173; Slide-Early p. 14 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-LoC : Other-McCay.

Home video: DVD.