Edwin S. Porter Movies

  • 1900
    Ching Ling Foo Outdone

    Ching Ling Foo Outdone

    Ching Ling Foo Outdone

    4.31900HD

    The magician enters upon a stage, and removing a covering from a small table, shakes it before the audience to show that there is nothing whatever...

    Ching Ling Foo Outdone
  • 1915
    Sold

    Sold

    Sold

    01915HD

    A successful artist and a struggling one both love the same woman; she chooses the poor one but as the years roll on and other choices she makes and...

    Sold
  • 1907
    The Rivals

    The Rivals

    The Rivals

    5.31907HD

    Chollie and George compete for a young woman's affection, using trickery and sabotage.

    The Rivals
  • 1915
    Bella Donna

    Bella Donna

    Bella Donna

    01915HD

    Bella Donna ( Pauline Frederick ) a seductive woman snares Nigel Armine ( Thomas Holding ) into marriage and he takes her to Egypt to live. Tired of...

    Bella Donna
  • 1904
    Animated Painting

    Animated Painting

    Animated Painting

    01904HD

    An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise....

    Animated Painting
  • 1913
    His Neighbor's Wife

    His Neighbor's Wife

    His Neighbor's Wife

    01913HD

    Mr. Norton discovers his wife in the arms of his neighbor, Captain Roberts, a married man. His first maddened impulse is to kill his faithless wife,...

    His Neighbor's Wife
  • 1902
    Capture of the Biddle Brothers

    Capture of the Biddle Brothers

    Capture of the Biddle Brothers

    41902HD

    The public throughout the world is acquainted with the sensational capture of the Biddle Brothers and Mrs. Soffel, who, through the aid of Mrs....

    Capture of the Biddle Brothers
  • 1901
    Pan-American Exposition by Night

    Pan-American Exposition by Night

    Pan-American Exposition by Night

    5.81901HD

    A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at...

    Pan-American Exposition by Night
  • 1904
    A Brush Between Cowboys and Indians

    A Brush Between Cowboys and Indians

    A Brush Between Cowboys and Indians

    01904HD

    Shows a band of mischievous cowboys being chased by Indians. A number of shots are fired at the pursuing Indians by the cow punchers, and the...

    A Brush Between Cowboys and Indians
  • 1902
    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

    51902HD

    A fire has swept through Durland's Riding Academy in Manhattan. The fire has mostly died down, but firefighters are still at the scene, hosing down...

    Burning of Durland's Riding Academy
  • 1910
    His Mother's Thanksgiving

    His Mother's Thanksgiving

    His Mother's Thanksgiving

    4.51910HD

    This holiday-themed melodrama released by Edison Studios in 1910 concerns Robert, a young man who leaves his mother’s home in New England to...

    His Mother's Thanksgiving
  • 1904
    Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden

    Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden

    Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden

    61904HD

    Opens with a woman posing on a pedestal, dressed in a white body leotard with a sash tied at her hips. Marshall continues with various feminine...

    Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden
  • 1900
    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

    4.61900HD

    Uncle Josh returns in this sequel to UNCLE JOSH'S NIGHTMARE. This time he checks into a hotel, presumably to get a better nights rest than he got at...

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel
  • 1906
    How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

    How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

    How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

    51906HD

    An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if...

    How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
  • 1904
    Railroad Smashup

    Railroad Smashup

    Railroad Smashup

    31904HD

    A staged crash between two outmoded locomotives given to the Edison Co. by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the express purpose of destroying them.

    Railroad Smashup
  • 1915
    When We Were Twenty-One

    When We Were Twenty-One

    When We Were Twenty-One

    01915HD

    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
  • 1904
    Maniac Chase

    Maniac Chase

    Maniac Chase

    5.9171904HD

    A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.

    Maniac Chase
  • 1905
    The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog

    The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog

    The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog

    5.11905HD

    A portrait of the Dam family.

    The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog
  • 1910
    Russia, the Land of Oppression

    Russia, the Land of Oppression

    Russia, the Land of Oppression

    01910HD

    Russia, the Land of Oppression
  • 1902
    Interrupted Bathers

    Interrupted Bathers

    Interrupted Bathers

    3.7861902HD

    Three girls are taking a bath in a quiet, shady spot along a beautiful stream. Another young lady in bathing attire reclines on the bank. The latter...

    Interrupted Bathers