Edwin S. Porter Movies

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

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

Several men take watermelons from a melon patch, and are pursued.

Police officers pursue a speeding automobile that almost hit a small child. This short is an outtake from Life of an American Policeman (1905). Once...

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

A businessman makes a luncheon appointment with a young lady, but finds that his wife disapproves of the arrangement.

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...

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...

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...

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

Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. Her father favors the country boy, but she elopes with the...

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

Casey enters a subway station nearby City Hall and walks down the tunnel. He lights a fuse to set off a blast and runs away. Thinking the fuse has...

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...

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

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

A policeman has breakfast with his wife and children, and then prepares for the day's work. While on his beat, he finds and helps a lost child....

The scene opens in the interior of an artist's studio. Mephisto appears mysteriously and signals the pictures to come to life. They step down from...

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...

A most perfect picture of the Pan-American Exposition buildings, including the Electric Tower and Temple of Music, as they appear at night.