Jack and the Beanstalk

6.0

32 votes

1902

10m

Adventure

Family

Fantasy

Overview

Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk. Borrowing on cinematographic methods reminiscent of 'Georges Melies' , Porter uses animation, double exposure, and trick photography to illustrate the fairy's apparitions, Jack's dream, and the fast growing beanstalk.

Directed by Edwin S. Porter, George S. Fleming