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  • Lightning Sketches (1907)
  • Short | 2 min | Animation, Short
Lightning Sketches (1907)
Short | 2 min | Animation, Short

An illustrator draws some sketches at lightning speed. He first illustrates how he can turn a written word into a sketch of that word. The first word he writes is coon, which he transforms into a sketch of a black man. The next word he ...See moreAn illustrator draws some sketches at lightning speed. He first illustrates how he can turn a written word into a sketch of that word. The first word he writes is coon, which he transforms into a sketch of a black man. The next word he writes is Cohen, which he transforms into a sketch of a Jewish looking man. He is then visited on set by another man, who makes a smudge on the drawing surface. The illustrator turns that smudge into a sketch of that visiting man. And finally, he draws a drinking glass, a bottle of milk and a bottle of seltzer which take on lives of their own. Written by Huggo See less
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Updated Jul 15, 1907

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Jul 15, 1907 (United States)

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J. Stuart Blackton
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