Edwin S. Porter Movies

Men on the streetcar offer their seats to pretty women, but not to an ugly woman.

The scene takes place in a fashionable cafe. A well dressed couple enter, and after a careful perusal of the menu, conclude on an order of boiled...

This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grounds of the Charleston Exposition, taking their positions...

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,...

A couple who have known each other all of their lives are shown together at different stages of life. First, as children, they play together...

A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a barrel and the assistant proceeds to sculpt the dough into...

The Young Ladies From Miss Knapp's Select School Have An Outing At Coney Island, N.Y.

Panorama of Blackwell's Island

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...

This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal. He has been trained to perform all sorts of...

A location actuality filmed in Philadelphia (May 27–28, 1904) documenting the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association’s championships:...

Shows a suburbanite asleep in bed. He discovers he has overslept himself, and jumps out of bed.

Third part in Edison’s “Martinique” trilogy. It shows the shower of ashes and cinders falling upon the stricken city, the boiling...

When a group of diners boards a carriage, one man is left behind and chases after them on foot.

The Proposal: The gentleman burglar walking with his lady love. They admire the grandeur and beauty of nature. He proposes and she accepts. She does...

"Cholly" wishes to call on his best girl and sends her a large bouquet. To find out if the girl really loves him, he sends a note with the messenger...

Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. Her father favors the country boy, but she elopes with the...

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...

This commercial traveler has evidently had a wet day judging from the strange things he sees at his hotel. The hall boy shows him to his room, puts...

A marital romance in which a married artist woos the wife of another man.