Edwin S. Porter Movies

Renactment of a skirmish that was likely to have occurred in the Russo-Japanese War. Opens with an establishing scene entitled "A Japanese outpost on...

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...

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

Shows a bedroom and a man asleep in bed. A burglar cautiously raises the window, climbs in, and proceeds to go through the man's clothes...

A staged crash between two outmoded locomotives given to the Edison Co. by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the express purpose of destroying them.

The Young Ladies From Miss Knapp's Select School Have An Outing At Coney Island, N.Y.

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

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

Two lifeguards rescue a female bather after faltering and sinking while swimming.

An over-the-hill American tourist has a terrible time on his European "rest cure" vacation.

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

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

Directed by Edwin S. Porter.

Captain Clearfield, a wealthy landlord, assaults Kathleen with the help of an accomplice, but Terence O'More arrives in time to break up the attack....

This subject is in three scenes, showing beautiful dissolving effects. Scene 3. The Man Behind that Teacup shows Admiral Sampson the centre of...

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...

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...

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

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...