Edwin S. Porter Movies

A jealous husband arrives in the office of Hawkshaw, a private detective. The husband is certain that his wife is being unfaithful, and he wants the...

If ever a film was in need of some narration this was it. Screened in four parts, lasting a total of approximately twelve minutes, it shows a bunch...

A view of Riker's Island and its landfill, filmed from a passing boat on 9 May 1903. While heavy steam powered construction equipment construct a sea...

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...

Zaza is a music hall star in Paris. She meets Bernard Dufrene and a flirtation develops into an intense love on her part. She is in despair when she...

Buster Brown series, scene I. Buster Brown wants a snack, but he can't reach it so he invites a tramp in to get it for him. The boy then tells his...

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...

Men on the streetcar offer their seats to pretty women, but not to an ugly woman.

Shows a band of mischievous cowboys being chased by Indians. A number of shots are fired at the pursuing Indians by the cow punchers, and the...

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

A Japanese juggler performs some marvelous juggling feats with a boy. Lying on his back on the floor, he spins the boy with his feet and makes him...

Vesta Victoria Sings 'Poor John'.

Dreamland was a theme park at Coney Island, Brooklyn that opened in 1904. One of its major attractions was the stunt spectacular "Fighting the...

We here introduce for the first time, a sublime religious subject, illustrating one of the best known hymns extant. A beautiful girl is seen clinging...

An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise....

Film shot with the help of the New York City (Metropolitan) Police.

An energetic man steals kisses from passing ladies, until bystanders give chase.

From behind a curtain three men appear on screen. The first wears a combination of tuxedo and kilt. The second wears a Scottish kilt and holds a...

Third part in Edison’s “Martinique” trilogy. It shows the shower of ashes and cinders falling upon the stricken city, the boiling...