Edison Studios Movies

  • 1903
    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    7.0121903HD

    After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit...

    The Great Train Robbery
  • 1910
    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    6.0241910HD

    Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done,...

    Frankenstein
  • 1912
    The Land Beyond the Sunset

    The Land Beyond the Sunset

    The Land Beyond the Sunset

    6.3591912HD

    A poor young boy goes on a field trip and dreams of escaping to a land beyond the sunset.

    The Land Beyond the Sunset
  • 1896
    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    5.2361896HD

    They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

    The Kiss
  • 1894
    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    6.0871894HD

    William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film
  • 1910
    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    6.41910HD

    Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...

    A Christmas Carol
  • 1912
    The Crime of Carelessness

    The Crime of Carelessness

    The Crime of Carelessness

    5.21912HD

    Edison short about a happy couple about to be married, but the guy's carelessness at their workplace leads to tragedy.

    The Crime of Carelessness
  • 1917
    Friends, Romans and Leo

    Friends, Romans and Leo

    Friends, Romans and Leo

    3.81917HD

    The plot and setting is actually a bit like Keaton's The Three Ages will be in 1923. But less sophisticated: The Roman Emperor Mulius Caesar borrows...

    Friends, Romans and Leo
  • 1895
    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

    6.2351895HD

    A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over...

    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
  • 1904
    Maniac Chase

    Maniac Chase

    Maniac Chase

    5.9171904HD

    A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.

    Maniac Chase
  • 1893
    Blacksmithing Scene

    Blacksmithing Scene

    Blacksmithing Scene

    5.5521893HD

    Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.

    Blacksmithing Scene
  • 1894
    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze

    4.8471894HD

    A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion...

    Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
  • 1909
    Hansel and Gretel

    Hansel and Gretel

    Hansel and Gretel

    2.81909HD

    One of the first, of not the first, film adaptation of Grimm's fairytale.

    Hansel and Gretel
  • 1897
    Return of Lifeboat

    Return of Lifeboat

    Return of Lifeboat

    4.11897HD

    Along the seashore near San Francisco, a boat belonging to the Pacific Coast Life Saving Service can just be seen as it returns to shore. Several men...

    Return of Lifeboat
  • 1905
    The Night Before Christmas

    The Night Before Christmas

    The Night Before Christmas

    6.11905HD

    On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.

    The Night Before Christmas
  • 1895
    A Frontier Scene

    A Frontier Scene

    A Frontier Scene

    01895HD

    A western short depicting the execution of a horse thief by a group of enraged cowboys. This film is considered to be lost.

    A Frontier Scene
  • 1912
    A Suffragette in Spite of Himself

    A Suffragette in Spite of Himself

    A Suffragette in Spite of Himself

    51912HD

    A gentleman who's opposed to and mocks women's suffrage goes for a walk and unknowingly becomes an advertisement for it.

    A Suffragette in Spite of Himself
  • 1907
    The 'Teddy' Bears

    The 'Teddy' Bears

    The 'Teddy' Bears

    5.5631907HD

    A combination of the story of Goldlocks and the Three Bears with the true story of how Teddy Roosevelt spared a bear cub after killing its mother...

    The 'Teddy' Bears
  • 1904
    R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige

    R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige

    R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige

    31904HD

    Buster Brown creater R.F. Outcault sketches his creation. Part of the Buster Brown series for Edison film studio.

    R. F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige
  • 1917
    Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

    61917HD

    In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the...

    Kidnapped