Edwin S. Porter Movies

Shows a suburbanite asleep in bed. He discovers he has overslept himself, and jumps out of bed.

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

The public throughout the world is acquainted with the sensational capture of the Biddle Brothers and Mrs. Soffel, who, through the aid of Mrs....

This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal. He has been trained to perform all sorts of...

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

Vesta Victoria Sings 'Poor John'.

This holiday-themed melodrama released by Edison Studios in 1910 concerns Robert, a young man who leaves his mother’s home in New England to...

A few people swimming.

A fine picture of the celebrated "White Wings" or street-cleaning department of one district of Greater New York, showing over 350 men in line, and...

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

A woman goes to the dentist for a toothache and is given gas. On her way home on the subway she can't stop laughing, and every other passenger...

Zaza is a music hall star in Paris. She meets Bernard Dufrene and a flirtation develops into an intense love on her part. She is in despair when she...

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

Amusing characters board an unsteady trolley at each stop, and then abandon the streetcar in order to chase a man who brought on board a basket full...

A lost film. A successful stage actress with a hidden past as a criminal is kept on the path of righteousness by a benefactor.

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....

The Life of an American Cowboy is a Western short film.

The scene opens in an artist's studio, the artist asleep in his chair. A large old fashioned clock opens and a young lady comes out and awaking the...

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

One at a time, we meet eight members of the Dam family.