William Heise Movies
- 1894

Carmencita
Carmencita5.21894HD
The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United...
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- 1895

Trilby Dance
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The Leigh Sisters perform a risqué Trilby-inspired dance with an umbrella. Scene from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.
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- 1894

Dickson Experimental Sound Film
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William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.
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- 1896

Amy Muller
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Vaudeville dancer Amy Muller performs a portion of her stage routine, which features dancing on her toes. She dances on one toe for part of the...
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- 1893

Blacksmithing Scene
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Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.
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- 1894

Band Drill
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A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns...
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- 1895

Princess Ali
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Princess Ali, of Barnum and Bailey's circus, performs an Egyptian dance in the Edison Company's studio. As she dances, some musicians perform in the...
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- 1896

Lone Fisherman
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A fellow in a wide-brimmed hat, with a willowy stick for a rod and a baited hook, sits down on a plank hanging over a bridge above a stream. He...
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- 1908

Ten Pickaninnies
Ten Pickaninnies21908HD
Imagine ten pickaninnies turned loose and on mischief bent. Farmer catches one leaving but Nine. Nine Happy Snowballs on a Swing elate. One gets...
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- 1896

The Kiss
The Kiss5.21896HD
They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.
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- 1893

Horse Shoeing
Horse Shoeing2.81893HD
One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the...
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- 1895

Hypnotic Scene
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The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes a group of people and compels them to perform various humorous acts in a Trilby segment from David...
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- 1895

Paddle Dance
Paddle Dance11895HD
By Fiji Islanders. A peculiar dance by genuine artists, dressed or rather undressed, in their native garb. The revel takes its name from the paddles...
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- 1891

Men Boxing
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Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
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- 1897

Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
Serpentine Dance - Annabelle4.81897HD
1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.
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- 1897

The First Sleigh-Ride
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“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective...
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- 1895

The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots6.31895HD
A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over...
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- 1898

What Demoralized the Barber Shop
What Demoralized the Barber Shop3.71898HD
Several men in a basement barbershop become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men...
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- 1895

Death Scene
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The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes two characters, then dies abruptly in a Trilby segment from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.
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- 1894

Sioux Ghost Dance
Sioux Ghost Dance4.61894HD
From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war...
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