Edwin S. Porter Movies

A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

A lost film. A man and a woman are shipwrecked on a desert island. It doesn't take long before they fall in love and, figuring that they would never...

A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.

A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.

The rancher whom Tom works for has entrusted Tom with a bag of gold to take to the bank. But on arriving at the bank, Tom finds that it is closed for...

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

A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies...

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

Chollie and George compete for a young woman's affection, using trickery and sabotage.

While in a park, a young woman sees her fiancé being quite affectionate with another woman. When she calls him on the telephone to demand an...

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...

An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.

The scene opens on a theatrical stage. The magician enters from the wings, and making a bow to the audience, removes his coat and hat and they...

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

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

The scene opens in an artist's studio, the artist asleep in his chair. A large old fashioned clock opens and a young lady comes out and awaking the...

Uncle Josh returns in this sequel to UNCLE JOSH'S NIGHTMARE. This time he checks into a hotel, presumably to get a better nights rest than he got at...

A portrait of the Dam family.

Made by the Edison Manufacturing Company and directed by Edwin S. Porter, the film starred Gladys Hulette as Alice. Being a silent film, naturally...

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...