James H. White Movies

  • 1910
    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    61910HD

    Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done,...

    Frankenstein
  • 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
  • 1902
    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    5.9441902HD

    Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk....

    Jack and the Beanstalk
  • 1896
    Feeding the Doves

    Feeding the Doves

    Feeding the Doves

    5.11896HD

    A woman and a young girl each carry containers of bird feed, and they toss occasional handfuls to the chickens and doves in the farmyard. Most of the...

    Feeding the Doves
  • 1899
    Shoot the Chutes Series

    Shoot the Chutes Series

    Shoot the Chutes Series

    3.6671899HD

    Positively the most wonderful series of pictures ever secured by an animated picture camera. The first scene is taken from the pond of the chutes,...

    Shoot the Chutes Series
  • 1897
    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory

    5.11897HD

    “This film is remarkable in several respects. In the first place, it is full life-size. Secondly, it is the only accurate recent portrait of...

    Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
  • 1898
    Mount Taw R.R., No. 3

    Mount Taw R.R., No. 3

    Mount Taw R.R., No. 3

    3.41898HD

    This picture was taken on the line of the Mt. Tamalpais Scene R.R., and whereas the previous views were taken ascending, this is a descending view,...

    Mount Taw R.R., No. 3
  • 1898
    Ella Lola, a la Trilby

    Ella Lola, a la Trilby

    Ella Lola, a la Trilby

    4.11898HD

    A young, dark-haired woman performs a dance inspired by George du Maurier's character Trilby, in an early modern dance style reminiscent of Isadora...

    Ella Lola, a la Trilby
  • 1901
    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

    4.21901HD

    This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
  • 1896
    Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

    Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

    Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance

    4.8951896HD

    The dancer Fatima, well-known for her dancing shows at the World's Exhibition in 1893, performs for the camera. She opens her act by twirling around...

    Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance
  • 1897
    Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

    Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

    Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

    3.0631897HD

    The title tells us where we are; the vignette is in two parts, spliced together. On a busy sidewalk, a police officer holds the left arm and a suited...

    Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.
  • 1898
    Statue of Liberty

    Statue of Liberty

    Statue of Liberty

    3.5711898HD

    The Statue of Liberty in right profile; No people, no flags rippling in the wind, no seagulls flapping past to mar the unmoving image of the Statue...

    Statue of Liberty
  • 1897
    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

    4.41897HD

    1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.

    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
  • 1898
    Shooting Captured Insurgents

    Shooting Captured Insurgents

    Shooting Captured Insurgents

    4.31898HD

    “A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very...

    Shooting Captured Insurgents
  • 1898
    After Launching

    After Launching

    After Launching

    3.21898HD

    This film was shot near the Union Works, San Francisco, California. Great look at the pleasure yacht "Unadilla" with her decks loaded with passengers.

    After Launching
  • 1896
    A Morning Bath

    A Morning Bath

    A Morning Bath

    4.0191896HD

    “Mammy is washing her little pickaninny. She thrusts him, kicking and struggling, into a tub full of foaming suds.” (Edison film catalog)

    A Morning Bath
  • 1896
    Little Egypt

    Little Egypt

    Little Egypt

    2.31896HD

    "A well-known character, in a dance that created considerable excitement when first introduced in America."

    Little Egypt
  • 1897
    S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor

    S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor

    S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor

    2.81897HD

    A ship in a harbor.

    S.S. 'Coptic' in the Harbor
  • 1897
    S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock

    S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock

    S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock

    2.71897HD

    Taken at the docks of the Pacific Steamship Co., San Francisco, Cal., which is operated in connection with the Southern Pacific Railroad Co...

    S.S. 'Coptic' at Dock
  • 1897
    The First Sleigh-Ride

    The First Sleigh-Ride

    The First Sleigh-Ride

    3.61897HD

    “This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective...

    The First Sleigh-Ride