Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

This is the first animated film by J. Stuart Blackton "Humerous Phases of Funny Faces". He drew his image on a blackboard, photographed it, then erased it or atleast took out the 'moving' part, then drew the next phase. It was made in 1906. The film moves at 20 frames per second.

The flickering seen in this film was common to the earliest animations and resulted from the camera operator's failure to achieve consistent exposure in manual one–frame cranking.

To the left is J. Stuart Blackton. He performed his films in front of people to raise money for charity.