Edwin S. Porter Filmes

  • 1908
    Fireside Reminiscences

    Fireside Reminiscences

    Fireside Reminiscences

    3.51908HD

    A broken-hearted husband thinks about the past as he sits by the fireplace.

    Fireside Reminiscences
  • 1909
    Faust

    Faust

    Faust

    01909HD

    Faust, an aged philosopher and magician who has grown weary of life and has sought in vain for the secret of eternal youth, decides, after a night's...

    Faust
  • 1904
    Photographing a Female Crook

    Photographing a Female Crook

    Photographing a Female Crook

    4.31904HD

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

    Photographing a Female Crook
  • 1904
    Battle of Chemulpo Bay

    Battle of Chemulpo Bay

    Battle of Chemulpo Bay

    41904HD

    A historical re-enactment of a naval battle in Chemulpo Bay off the coast of Korea during the Russo-Japanese war. Shows a Japanese ship damaging one...

    Battle of Chemulpo Bay
  • 1901
    Day at the Circus

    Day at the Circus

    Day at the Circus

    51901HD

    We present here a series of interesting pictures and show a number of scenes just as witnessed by a visitor to the Great Forepaugh and Sells Bros....

    Day at the Circus
  • 1903
    Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City

    Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City

    Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City

    3.51903HD

    There must have been millions of subjects for Edison's filmmakers to point there cameras at back in 1903 so why on earth they thought that the...

    Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City
  • 1903
    Buster's Joke on Papa (I)

    Buster's Joke on Papa (I)

    Buster's Joke on Papa (I)

    31903HD

    Buster Brown plays a practical joke on his mother, persuading her to to put her hands into a pan of lobsters, then puts a bunch of them in his...

    Buster's Joke on Papa (I)
  • 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
  • 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
    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

    3.51904HD

    Renactment of a skirmish that was likely to have occurred in the Russo-Japanese War. Opens with an establishing scene entitled "A Japanese outpost on...

    Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards
  • 1899
    Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

    Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

    Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

    3.81899HD

    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...

    Strange Adventure of New York Drummer
  • 1901
    The Old Maid in the Horsecar

    The Old Maid in the Horsecar

    The Old Maid in the Horsecar

    31901HD

    A female impersonator giggles and flirts. By the following decade, many female impersonators would be shown doing their acts on the stage and in the...

    The Old Maid in the Horsecar
  • 1904
    Japanese Acrobats

    Japanese Acrobats

    Japanese Acrobats

    5.71904HD

    A Japanese juggler performs some marvelous juggling feats with a boy. Lying on his back on the floor, he spins the boy with his feet and makes him...

    Japanese Acrobats
  • 1905
    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride

    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride

    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride

    51905HD

    Amusing characters board an unsteady trolley at each stop, and then abandon the streetcar in order to chase a man who brought on board a basket full...

    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride
  • 1911
    A Heroine of '76

    A Heroine of '76

    A Heroine of '76

    01911HD

    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
  • 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

    3.71903HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1904
    Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum

    Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum

    Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum

    31904HD

    The subject of this documentary is an orphan asylum for infants. The beginning portion includes the dining facilities for the children. A woman...

    Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum
  • 1904
    A Rube Couple at a County Fair

    A Rube Couple at a County Fair

    A Rube Couple at a County Fair

    41904HD

    The title of this early US film is something of a con really. Another rube couple had appeared in an entertaining movie set at Coney Island the...

    A Rube Couple at a County Fair
  • 1911
    Sherlock Holmes, Jr.

    Sherlock Holmes, Jr.

    Sherlock Holmes, Jr.

    01911HD

    Little Sherlock Holmes, Jr., reads the doughty doings of his hero-god, and at once determines to become a detective himself.

    Sherlock Holmes, Jr.