Edwin S. Porter Filmes

  • 1900
    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

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    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...

    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel
  • 1900
    The Magician

    The Magician

    The Magician

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    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...

    The Magician
  • 1902
    The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2

    The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2

    The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2

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    A dissipated man sits at a table with a decanter of whiskey and a glass beside him. A revolver is on the opposite side of the table. He pours a glass...

    The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2
  • 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

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    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
    Kansas Saloon Smashers

    Kansas Saloon Smashers

    Kansas Saloon Smashers

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    A gilded saloon, with a fancy bar, forms the background. A nobby bartender with white coat and apron is dispensing drinks to customers. Behind him...

    Kansas Saloon Smashers
  • 1904
    Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden

    Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden

    Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden

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    Opens with a woman posing on a pedestal, dressed in a white body leotard with a sash tied at her hips. Marshall continues with various feminine...

    Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden
  • 1903
    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

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    The first scene shows a country couple entering Steeplechase Park. They proceed to amuse themselves on the steeplechase...

    Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
  • 1901
    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

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    This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.

    Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
  • 1903
    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

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    A fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are passing along the stands and making their purchases of...

    New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market
  • 1904
    Dog Factory

    Dog Factory

    Dog Factory

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    A brief vaudeville-style demonstration of a "Dog Transformator," a machine that instantly turns dogs into sausages, and amazingly, sausages back into...

    Dog Factory
  • 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

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    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
  • 1904
    Maniac Chase

    Maniac Chase

    Maniac Chase

    5.91904HD

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

    Maniac Chase
  • 1904
    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

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    With a tree-lined river bank dominating the top and back of the frame, the Charles River flows toward a stationary camera. A flotilla of canoes...

    Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
  • 1901
    The Old Maid in the Horsecar

    The Old Maid in the Horsecar

    The Old Maid in the Horsecar

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    A female impersonator giggles and flirts. By the following decade, many female impersonators would be shown doing their acts on the stage and in the...

    The Old Maid in the Horsecar
  • 1901
    Day at the Circus

    Day at the Circus

    Day at the Circus

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    We present here a series of interesting pictures and show a number of scenes just as witnessed by a visitor to the Great Forepaugh and Sells Bros....

    Day at the Circus
  • 1901
    Circular Panorama of Electric Tower

    Circular Panorama of Electric Tower

    Circular Panorama of Electric Tower

    5.31901HD

    A most interesting picture at the Pan-American Exposition. The picture was taken from the north side of the Electric Tower. It presents the most...

    Circular Panorama of Electric Tower
  • 1901
    Pan-American Exposition by Night

    Pan-American Exposition by Night

    Pan-American Exposition by Night

    5.81901HD

    A great feature of the Pan-American Exposition, as unanimously conceded by all visitors, was the electric illumination of the Exposition grounds at...

    Pan-American Exposition by Night
  • 1901
    The Finish of Bridget McKeen

    The Finish of Bridget McKeen

    The Finish of Bridget McKeen

    5.91901HD

    The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.

    The Finish of Bridget McKeen
  • 1900
    The Mystic Swing

    The Mystic Swing

    The Mystic Swing

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    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
  • 1904
    Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships

    Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships

    Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships

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    A location actuality filmed in Philadelphia (May 27–28, 1904) documenting the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association’s championships:...

    Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships