Edwin S. Porter Movies

  • 1901
    Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

    Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

    Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

    3.91901HD

    Our presidential hunter runs across the landscape and falls down in the snow, gets up with his rifle, and gazes upward at a treed animal which isn't...

    Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
  • 1904
    Fighting the Flames, Dreamland

    Fighting the Flames, Dreamland

    Fighting the Flames, Dreamland

    51904HD

    Dreamland was a theme park at Coney Island, Brooklyn that opened in 1904. One of its major attractions was the stunt spectacular "Fighting the...

    Fighting the Flames, Dreamland
  • 1904
    Buster Brown and the Dude

    Buster Brown and the Dude

    Buster Brown and the Dude

    3.81904HD

    Scene II of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a millinery store in the shopping district, and Mrs. Brown with a lady friend, admiring the hats displayed...

    Buster Brown and the Dude
  • 1903
    Electrocuting an Elephant

    Electrocuting an Elephant

    Electrocuting an Elephant

    2.6111903HD

    This is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.

    Electrocuting an Elephant
  • 1907
    Poor John

    Poor John

    Poor John

    41907HD

    Vesta Victoria Sings 'Poor John'.

    Poor John
  • 1905
    The Life of an American Policeman

    The Life of an American Policeman

    The Life of an American Policeman

    41905HD

    A policeman has breakfast with his wife and children, and then prepares for the day's work. While on his beat, he finds and helps a lost child....

    The Life of an American Policeman
  • 1908
    Miss Sherlock Holmes

    Miss Sherlock Holmes

    Miss Sherlock Holmes

    101908HD

    Nell, the boss's daughter, uses Sherlock Holmes' detective work, to choose between the two suitors at her dad's broker's office.

    Miss Sherlock Holmes
  • 1901
    Love by the Light of the Moon

    Love by the Light of the Moon

    Love by the Light of the Moon

    4.81901HD

    It shows a garden wall in the background. Two lovers appear and lean over the garden gate where the moon throws a shadow upon the ground. The young...

    Love by the Light of the Moon
  • 1901
    The Martyred Presidents

    The Martyred Presidents

    The Martyred Presidents

    2.91901HD

    This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone. Shortly...

    The Martyred Presidents
  • 1903
    New York City Dumping Wharf

    New York City Dumping Wharf

    New York City Dumping Wharf

    31903HD

    It seems as if there was no subject so mundane or seedy that it was considered unworthy of filming by Edison and his contemporaries at the turn of...

    New York City Dumping Wharf
  • 1914
    Tess of the Storm Country

    Tess of the Storm Country

    Tess of the Storm Country

    5.41914HD

    A young girl, squatting on a wealthy man's land fights for her fellow squatters' right to stay.

    Tess of the Storm Country
  • 1903
    Panorama of Blackwell's Island

    Panorama of Blackwell's Island

    Panorama of Blackwell's Island

    61903HD

    Panorama of Blackwell's Island

    Panorama of Blackwell's Island
  • 1914
    The Crucible

    The Crucible

    The Crucible

    01914HD

    Jean finds the boyish manner in which her late father raised her, is now causing quite a lot of trouble for her, and she ends up in a reformatory....

    The Crucible
  • 1903
    The Gay Shoe Clerk

    The Gay Shoe Clerk

    The Gay Shoe Clerk

    5.51903HD

    A woman being fitted for shoes exposes her ankle to the shoe clerk, who is intrigued. He kisses her, but her chaperone hits him with her umbrella.

    The Gay Shoe Clerk
  • 1901
    Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce

    Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce

    Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce

    4.41901HD

    The scene opens in the bedroom of Mr. Nation, husband of the famous Carrie Nation, the “Kansas Saloon Smasher”. Mr. Nation suddenly...

    Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
  • 1904
    Buster's Dog to the Rescue

    Buster's Dog to the Rescue

    Buster's Dog to the Rescue

    4.21904HD

    Scene IV of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a kitchen and Bridget busy making crullers. Buster enters and begs Bridget to give him one. Bridget...

    Buster's Dog to the Rescue
  • 1909
    Hansel and Gretel

    Hansel and Gretel

    Hansel and Gretel

    2.81909HD

    One of the first, of not the first, film adaptation of Grimm's fairytale.

    Hansel and Gretel
  • 1901
    Sampson-Schley Controversy

    Sampson-Schley Controversy

    Sampson-Schley Controversy

    3.51901HD

    This subject is in three scenes, showing beautiful dissolving effects. Scene 3. The Man Behind that Teacup shows Admiral Sampson the centre of...

    Sampson-Schley Controversy
  • 1906
    Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen

    4.81906HD

    Captain Clearfield, a wealthy landlord, assaults Kathleen with the help of an accomplice, but Terence O'More arrives in time to break up the attack....

    Kathleen Mavourneen
  • 1906
    Getting Evidence

    Getting Evidence

    Getting Evidence

    51906HD

    A jealous husband arrives in the office of Hawkshaw, a private detective. The husband is certain that his wife is being unfaithful, and he wants the...

    Getting Evidence