Edwin S. Porter Movies

  • 1900
    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

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    Uncle Josh checks into a hotel, presumably to get a better nights rest than he gets at home. Of course the way bad luck follows Josh around we know...

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel
  • 1911
    On the Brink

    On the Brink

    On the Brink

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    A 1911 silent drama film written and directed by Edwin S. Porter and Lois Weber. Starring Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, and Charles De Forrest.

    On the Brink
  • 1900
    The Magician

    The Magician

    The Magician

    4.21900HD

    The scene opens on a theatrical stage. The magician enters from the wings, and making a bow to the audience, removes his coat and hat and they...

    The Magician
  • 1904
    How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns

    How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns

    How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns

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    A French aristocrat, who has recently arrived in America, has placed a personal advertisement in the newspaper...

    How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns
  • 1903
    New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates

    New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates

    New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates

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    The "Patrol" is seen chasing a row-boat containing river pirates. The pirates are pulling at the oars with all their strength, but a few shots from...

    New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates
  • 1901
    Kansas Saloon Smashers

    Kansas Saloon Smashers

    Kansas Saloon Smashers

    3.91901HD

    A gilded saloon, with a fancy bar, forms the background. A nobby bartender with white coat and apron is dispensing drinks to customers. Behind him...

    Kansas Saloon Smashers
  • 1915
    When We Were Twenty-One

    When We Were Twenty-One

    When We Were Twenty-One

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    Richard "The Imp" Audaine is a clever but dissolute orphan whose guardian and friends are trying to lead him from the path of ruin and back to his...

    When We Were Twenty-One
  • 1915
    Zaza

    Zaza

    Zaza

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    Zaza is a music hall star in Paris. She meets Bernard Dufrene and a flirtation develops into an intense love on her part. She is in despair when she...

    Zaza
  • 1911
    A Heroine of '76

    A Heroine of '76

    A Heroine of '76

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    During the American Revolution, an innkeeper's daughter learns of a plot to assassinate George Washington while he will be staying at her father's...

    A Heroine of '76
  • 1904
    Scarecrow Pump

    Scarecrow Pump

    Scarecrow Pump

    4.61904HD

    A pump stands outside a farmhouse, just inside a picket fence. A boy comes out of the house and dresses up the pump handle and its post as a...

    Scarecrow Pump
  • 1907
    The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love

    The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love

    The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love

    4.71907HD

    Jack and the daughter of a horse trainer are in love with each other, but when the trainer discovers them together, he makes it clear that Jack is...

    The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love
  • 1900
    Faust and Marguerite

    Faust and Marguerite

    Faust and Marguerite

    3.91900HD

    Marguerite is seated in front of the fireplace, Faust standing by her side. Mephistopheles enters and offers his sword to Faust, commanding him to...

    Faust and Marguerite
  • 1907
    Jack the Kisser

    Jack the Kisser

    Jack the Kisser

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    An energetic man steals kisses from passing ladies, until bystanders give chase.

    Jack the Kisser
  • 1901
    Panorama of Esplanade by Night

    Panorama of Esplanade by Night

    Panorama of Esplanade by Night

    6.21901HD

    A most perfect picture of the Pan-American Exposition buildings, including the Electric Tower and Temple of Music, as they appear at night.

    Panorama of Esplanade by Night
  • 1903
    The Gay Shoe Clerk

    The Gay Shoe Clerk

    The Gay Shoe Clerk

    5.41903HD

    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
  • 1904
    Dog Factory

    Dog Factory

    Dog Factory

    4.61904HD

    A brief vaudeville-style demonstration of a "Dog Transformator," a machine that instantly turns dogs into sausages, and amazingly, sausages back into...

    Dog Factory
  • 1902
    How They Do Things on the Bowery

    How They Do Things on the Bowery

    How They Do Things on the Bowery

    4.81902HD

    Scene Bowery. Young woman drops her handkerchief while passing a Rube. He picks it up and gives it to her. She induces him to go into a side door of...

    How They Do Things on the Bowery
  • 1907
    Poor John

    Poor John

    Poor John

    41907HD

    Vesta Victoria Sings 'Poor John'.

    Poor John
  • 1903
    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

    4.81903HD

    A country couple enters Coney Island's Steeplechase Park. They proceed to amuse themselves on the steeplechase, tightropes, plaza, mini-locomotive...

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
  • 1906
    The Life of a Cowboy

    The Life of a Cowboy

    The Life of a Cowboy

    3.91906HD

    A cowboy gets involved in the kidnapping and rescue of a pretty young girl.

    The Life of a Cowboy