Edison Manufacturing Company Movies

  • 1903
    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    71903HD

    After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit...

    The Great Train Robbery
  • 1895
    Trilby Dance

    Trilby Dance

    Trilby Dance

    21895HD

    The Leigh Sisters perform a risqué Trilby-inspired dance with an umbrella. Scene from David Henderson's Aladdin, Jr. burlesque. Lost.

    Trilby Dance
  • 1905
    The White Caps

    The White Caps

    The White Caps

    51905HD

    Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When the man comes home, he tears down the sign, and...

    The White Caps
  • 1912
    Billie

    Billie

    Billie

    01912HD

    Billie is the "little mother" of the family and cares for the two smaller children. Her father has fallen under the spell of drink. Billie has become...

    Billie
  • 1894
    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    6.11894HD

    William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film
  • 1893
    Blacksmithing Scene

    Blacksmithing Scene

    Blacksmithing Scene

    5.61893HD

    Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.

    Blacksmithing Scene
  • 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
  • 1895
    Princess Ali

    Princess Ali

    Princess Ali

    3.61895HD

    Princess Ali, of Barnum and Bailey's circus, performs an Egyptian dance in the Edison Company's studio. As she dances, some musicians perform in the...

    Princess Ali
  • 1895
    Quartette

    Quartette

    Quartette

    21895HD

    Scene from a Trilby-themed stage play. Lost.

    Quartette
  • 1906
    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    6.31906HD

    A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. This silent short film follows the...

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
  • 1896
    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    5.21896HD

    They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

    The Kiss
  • 1895
    Hypnotic Scene

    Hypnotic Scene

    Hypnotic Scene

    01895HD

    The sinister mesmerist Svengali hypnotizes a group of people and compels them to perform various humorous acts in a Trilby segment from David...

    Hypnotic Scene
  • 1907
    Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America

    Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America

    Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America

    01907HD

    Daniel Boone is captured by Indians when he tries to rescue his abducted daughter.

    Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America
  • 1908
    Tale the Autumn Leaves Told

    Tale the Autumn Leaves Told

    Tale the Autumn Leaves Told

    51908HD

    A handful of short tales of love, framed by leaf masks.

    Tale the Autumn Leaves Told
  • 1903
    Life of an American Fireman

    Life of an American Fireman

    Life of an American Fireman

    61903HD

    Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of firemen responding to a house fire. They leave the station with...

    Life of an American Fireman
  • 1911
    Lucia di Lammermoor

    Lucia di Lammermoor

    Lucia di Lammermoor

    01911HD

    Metropolitan Opera stars, tenor Enrico Caruso and bass-baritone Pol Plancon, in a scene from the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" filmed in Edison...

    Lucia di Lammermoor
  • 1913
    A Reluctant Cinderella

    A Reluctant Cinderella

    A Reluctant Cinderella

    01913HD

    Grace Walker, a young Miss, attends a dinner dance wearing tight slippers. She accidentally kicks off one slipper to relieve her foot, but the...

    A Reluctant Cinderella
  • 1904
    Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter

    Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter

    Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter

    51904HD

    Scene III of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a bargain counter in a department store and a large gathering of women examining goods. It is a special...

    Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter
  • 1895
    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

    6.31895HD

    A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over...

    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
  • 1902
    Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show

    Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show

    Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show

    5.51902HD

    Country rube thinks what he sees on the movie screen is real. He jumps out of his seat to try to stop a kissing scene.

    Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show