Edwin S. Porter Movies

  • 1904
    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

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    The severe cold of the winter of 1903-04 allowed the rapids of Niagara Falls to freeze over, allowing the brave tourists to enter the chasm and cross...

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
  • 1909
    Faust

    Faust

    Faust

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    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
  • 1911
    Lost Illusions

    Lost Illusions

    Lost Illusions

    01911HD

    A marital romance in which a married artist woos the wife of another man.

    Lost Illusions
  • 1901
    Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

    Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

    Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

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    This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal. He has been trained to perform all sorts of...

    Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog
  • 1903
    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

    51903HD

    A fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are passing along the stands and making their purchases of...

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market
  • 1904
    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

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    With a tree-lined river bank dominating the top and back of the frame, the Charles River flows toward a stationary camera. A flotilla of canoes...

    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
  • 1915
    The White Pearl

    The White Pearl

    The White Pearl

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    A silent romantic drama film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter

    The White Pearl
  • 1901
    Photographing a Country Couple

    Photographing a Country Couple

    Photographing a Country Couple

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    The scene opens showing Reuben and his best girl looking for a quiet place to spoon. A photographer enters and suggests taking their pictures.

    Photographing a Country Couple
  • 1905
    The Watermelon Patch

    The Watermelon Patch

    The Watermelon Patch

    5.41905HD

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

    The Watermelon Patch
  • 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
  • 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
    Buster's Dog to the Rescue

    Buster's Dog to the Rescue

    Buster's Dog to the Rescue

    4.21904HD

    Scene IV of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a kitchen and Bridget busy making crullers. Buster enters and begs Bridget to give him one. Bridget...

    Buster's Dog to the Rescue
  • 1910
    His Mother's Thanksgiving

    His Mother's Thanksgiving

    His Mother's Thanksgiving

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    This holiday-themed melodrama released by Edison Studios in 1910 concerns Robert, a young man who leaves his mother’s home in New England to...

    His Mother's Thanksgiving
  • 1901
    The Reversible Divers

    The Reversible Divers

    The Reversible Divers

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    A few people swimming.

    The Reversible Divers
  • 1903
    New York City Dumping Wharf

    New York City Dumping Wharf

    New York City Dumping Wharf

    31903HD

    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...

    New York City Dumping Wharf
  • 1906
    The Life of a Cowboy

    The Life of a Cowboy

    The Life of a Cowboy

    3.8751906HD

    A cowboy gets involved in the kidnapping and rescue of a pretty young girl.

    The Life of a Cowboy
  • 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
  • 1913
    In the Bishop's Carriage

    In the Bishop's Carriage

    In the Bishop's Carriage

    11913HD

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

    In the Bishop's Carriage
  • 1903
    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

    4.81903HD

    The first scene shows a country couple entering Steeplechase Park. They proceed to amuse themselves on the steeplechase...

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
  • 1904
    Buster Brown and the Dude

    Buster Brown and the Dude

    Buster Brown and the Dude

    3.81904HD

    Scene II of the Buster Brown Series. Shows a millinery store in the shopping district, and Mrs. Brown with a lady friend, admiring the hats displayed...

    Buster Brown and the Dude