Edwin S. Porter Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1902
    The Burlesque Suicide

    The Burlesque Suicide

    The Burlesque Suicide

    31902HD

    A dissipated looking man is seated at a table with a decanter of whiskey and a glass beside him. A large revolver is on the opposite side of the...

    The Burlesque Suicide
  • 1904
    Photographing a Female Crook

    Photographing a Female Crook

    Photographing a Female Crook

    41904HD

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

    Photographing a Female Crook
  • 1904
    Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige

    Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige

    Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige

    5.51904HD

    Scene I of the Buster Brown Series. The opening scene shows Bridget asleep at the kitchen-table, and Buster enters on tip-toe. After tying her apron...

    Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige
  • 1908
    Cupid’s Pranks

    Cupid’s Pranks

    Cupid’s Pranks

    3.61908HD

    After receiving a scolding for falling asleep on the job, Cupid is sent out in search of potential lovers to unite. While flying over a city, he...

    Cupid’s Pranks
  • 1907
    Laughing Gas

    Laughing Gas

    Laughing Gas

    51907HD

    A woman goes to the dentist for a toothache and is given gas. On her way home on the subway she can't stop laughing, and every other passenger...

    Laughing Gas
  • 1901
    Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

    Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

    Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

    4.51901HD

    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
  • 1910
    His Mother's Thanksgiving

    His Mother's Thanksgiving

    His Mother's Thanksgiving

    4.51910HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1902
    Babies Rolling Eggs

    Babies Rolling Eggs

    Babies Rolling Eggs

    41902HD

    The Washington Star of April 1st, 1900, gave the following account of the ceremony: "Over 40,000 women and children passed through the White House...

    Babies Rolling Eggs
  • 1903
    Buster's Joke on Papa (II)

    Buster's Joke on Papa (II)

    Buster's Joke on Papa (II)

    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 (II)
  • 1900
    The Mystic Swing

    The Mystic Swing

    The Mystic Swing

    4.5451900HD

    The professor shows his power to Mephisto by mysteriously placing a young lady in a swing. Mephisto then shows his power by making the young lady...

    The Mystic Swing
  • 1906
    How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

    How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

    How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

    51906HD

    An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if...

    How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
  • 1901
    A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition

    A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition

    A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition

    41901HD

    The Pan-American Exposition is encircled by an especially constructed canal, which was put in for the purpose of allowing the tourist to view the...

    A Trip Around the Pan-American Exposition
  • 1904
    The Ex-Convict

    The Ex-Convict

    The Ex-Convict

    5.31904HD

    A recently-released convict attempts to do right but struggles to support his wife and ailing daughter.

    The Ex-Convict
  • 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
  • 1904
    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

    01904HD

    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
  • 1902
    Interrupted Bathers

    Interrupted Bathers

    Interrupted Bathers

    3.7861902HD

    Three girls are taking a bath in a quiet, shady spot along a beautiful stream. Another young lady in bathing attire reclines on the bank. The latter...

    Interrupted Bathers
  • 1907
    Cohen’s Fire Sale

    Cohen’s Fire Sale

    Cohen’s Fire Sale

    3.81907HD

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

    Cohen’s Fire Sale