Edwin S. Porter Movies

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...

A married couple faces the demands of what Theodore Roosevelt called 'the strenuous life'.

A lost film. A successful stage actress with a hidden past as a criminal is kept on the path of righteousness by a benefactor.

The Life of an American Cowboy is a Western short film.

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,...

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

A partially lost film, with only one surviving reel. A movie released in 1914 directed by Edwin S. Porter.

This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone. Shortly...

Buster Brown creater R.F. Outcault sketches his creation. Part of the Buster Brown series for Edison film studio.

This scene opens with a view of a stage setting and private box. After Miss Dolly Lightfoot has finished a clever dance, a card is placed upon the...

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

Shows a bedroom in a hotel. On the wall of the room is a conspicuous sign "Don't blow out the gas." A hayseed enters the room, accompanied by a...

Scene V of the Buster Brown Series. Shows an Italian balloon vendor near the "Flat-iron" Building, New York City. Mrs. Brown and Buster appear on the...

Police officers pursue a speeding automobile that almost hit a small child. This short is an outtake from Life of an American Policeman (1905). Once...

Scene Bowery. Young woman drops her handkerchief while passing a Rube. He picks it up and gives it to her. She induces him to go into a side door of...

It seems as if there was no subject so mundane or seedy that it was considered unworthy of filming by Edison and his contemporaries at the turn of...

A gilded saloon, with a fancy bar, forms the background. A nobby bartender with white coat and apron is dispensing drinks to customers. Behind him...

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

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...

1906 film by Edwin S. Porter, based on a popular song of the same title.