Jack and the Beanstalk is a 1902 American silent trick film directed by Edwin S. Porter.
With ten sequential shots, Jack and the Beanstalk was twice as long as any previous studio film.
As he sleeps, Jack is visited by a fairy who shows him glimpses of what will await him when he ascends the bean stalk.
When Jack wakes up, he finds the beanstalk has grown and he climbs to the top where he enters the giant's home.
In The First Twenty Years: A Segment of Film History, Kemp Niver notes that "the sets were extremely impressive, for they showed considerable ingenuity in their design...