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Each week, we highlight a historic or famous James. This week's James is:

James Stuart Blackton

(January 5, 1875 - August 13, 1941) James Blackton created the first animated films -- "The Enchanted Drawing" (1900), and "The Humorous Phases of Funny Face" (1906); and invented single-frame animation and the close shot. During the Spanish-American War, he made "Tearing Down the Spanish Flag" (1898), considered the world's first propaganda film. He also created "Motion Picture Magazine," the first movie fan magazine; and founded Vitagraph (1897), one of the first film studios, which was later absorbed by Warner Brothers. James Blackton was the first film production supervisor, and the first to produce adaptations of famous stage plays, including Shakespeare works.

The name "James" is the English equivalent of Jacob; the first Jacob in the Bible was the patriarch of the 12 tribes of Israel. "James" is consistently among the most popular names for boys in the U.S.

Plural form of James: According to the Carnegie Mellon Style Guide, "Form plurals of family names that end in 's' by adding 'es.'  Right: The Jameses live in Edgewood."  See also paragraph 7.9 of the fifteenth edition of Chicago Manual of Style or their Q&A on plurals. See also the English Language Institute's Grammar Hotline at the University of Delaware.

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