Edwin S. Porter Movies

A fire fighting demonstration in Luna Park, Coney Island. on August 15, 1904.

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...

It seems Edison made a ton of these panorama films back in '03. They probably rented a boat for a couple of days, packed sandwiches and beer and...

A tramp gets involved in mischief on a train.

Among the tall trees and mountains of the Far West, a father, son and daughter dwell peacefully in their mountain cabin, close to nature, seldom...

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

A dissipated looking man is seated at a table with a decanter of whiskey and a glass beside him. A large revolver is on the opposite side of the...

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

A fine picture of the celebrated "White Wings" or street-cleaning department of one district of Greater New York, showing over 350 men in line, and...

The stage of a vaudeville theatre. A lady in evening costume is performing on a trapeze. Two Rubes are seated in a box. The lady begins to disrobe,...

Two boys and their dog set out to play a series of practical jokes on their neighbors. After they have caused several disruptions, the police are...

Several men take watermelons from a melon patch, and are pursued.

In this parody of 1903's "Great Train Robbery", also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by...

Directed by Edwin S. Porter and/or Wallace McCutcheon Sr.

The scene opens in the interior of an artist's studio. Mephisto appears mysteriously and signals the pictures to come to life. They step down from...

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

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...

After receiving a scolding for falling asleep on the job, Cupid is sent out in search of potential lovers to unite. While flying over a city, he...

Edison summary: An up-to-date young lady, dressed in a neat white flannel bloomer suit, goes through her morning exercises of punching the bag,...

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