Edwin S. Porter Movies

Scene, interior of a street-car. A stout man enters and sits down alongside of a friend and proceeds to read a comic paper. He shows a joke in the...

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

"Nothing new, but an old thing done over again and done well. Some one has attempted to describe a kiss as "something made of nothing," but this is...

This commercial traveler has evidently had a wet day judging from the strange things he sees at his hotel. The hall boy shows him to his room, puts...

Made by the Edison Manufacturing Company and directed by Edwin S. Porter, the film starred Gladys Hulette as Alice. Being a silent film, naturally...

When a group of diners boards a carriage, one man is left behind and chases after them on foot.

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...

A young girl, squatting on a wealthy man's land fights for her fellow squatters' right to stay.

Jones is on his way home, carrying a roll of money, when he meets a neighbor who is a notorious miser. The neighbor unexpectedly invites Jones to...

A silent romantic drama film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter

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

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...

A 1911 silent drama film written and directed by Edwin S. Porter and Lois Weber. Starring Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, and Charles De Forrest.

Buster Brown plays a practical joke on his mother, persuading her to to put her hands into a pan of lobsters, then puts a bunch of them in his...

A generous boy tries to help a girl who does not believe in Santa Claus because of her family's poverty.

A recently-released convict attempts to do right but struggles to support his wife and ailing daughter.

Pretty Ann, and Joe, the hostler, one day chance to meet. Strong is Joe, and simple, and Ann is shy and sweet. As man and maid have done before, they...

A woman riding a train must contend with the unwelcome advances of a male passenger.

First, the eye is introduced to the old mill itself, with a gay betrothal party in progress, and laughter and merriment on all sides. Suddenly the...

A married couple faces the demands of what Theodore Roosevelt called 'the strenuous life'.