Edison Studios Movies

  • 1901
    Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

    Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

    Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

    3.81901HD

    As the above title indicates, the scene does not take place in an ordinary restaurant, but one in which all natural rules of order and gravitation are...

    Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter
  • 1905
    How Jones Lost His Roll

    How Jones Lost His Roll

    How Jones Lost His Roll

    51905HD

    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 dinn...

    How Jones Lost His Roll
  • 1897
    Capsize of Lifeboat

    Capsize of Lifeboat

    Capsize of Lifeboat

    4.3331897HD

    Daily practice of life boat crew, showing boat being upset purposely by the men. As these boats are self-righting and self-bailing, the scene is parti...

    Capsize of Lifeboat
  • 1905
    The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog

    The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog

    The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog

    5.1251905HD

    A portrait of the Dam family.

    The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog
  • 1899
    Astor Battery on Parade

    Astor Battery on Parade

    Astor Battery on Parade

    2.81899HD

    The Astor Battery became famous after the Spanish-American war and these young men are on display in this Edison short, which was shot on Saturday, Ja...

    Astor Battery on Parade
  • 1898
    Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

    Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

    Turkish Dance, Ella Lola

    5.31898HD

    In this movie, dancer Ella Lola performs a Turkish variation of a "Danse Du Ventre", the oriental belly dance. In her dance she shakes, twists and tur...

    Turkish Dance, Ella Lola
  • 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

    61904HD

    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 poses,...

    Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden
  • 1901
    Another Job for the Undertaker

    Another Job for the Undertaker

    Another Job for the Undertaker

    3.7731901HD

    Shows a bedroom in a hotel. On the wall of the room is a conspicuous sign "Don't blow out the gas." A hayseed enters the room, accompanied by a bellbo...

    Another Job for the Undertaker
  • 1897
    Pillow Fight

    Pillow Fight

    Pillow Fight

    4.4381897HD

    “A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the action th...

    Pillow Fight
  • 1905
    The Train Wreckers

    The Train Wreckers

    The Train Wreckers

    51905HD

    A romance between a railroad engineer and the switchman's daughter is nearly ruined by train wreckers who knock out the girl and leave her on the trac...

    The Train Wreckers
  • 1900
    Champs de Mars

    Champs de Mars

    Champs de Mars

    5.51900HD

    Shows all the prominent buildings on this thoroughfare, ending with a close view of the base of the Eiffel Tower, with the Trocadero Palace in the bac...

    Champs de Mars
  • 1895
    New Blacksmith Shop

    New Blacksmith Shop

    New Blacksmith Shop

    3.71895HD

    Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.

    New Blacksmith Shop
  • 1897
    The First Sleigh-Ride

    The First Sleigh-Ride

    The First Sleigh-Ride

    3.61897HD

    “This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective horses and...

    The First Sleigh-Ride
  • 1897
    Bowery Waltz

    Bowery Waltz

    Bowery Waltz

    3.2861897HD

    A vaudeville routine: two denizens of the Bowery dance while under the influence. She's wearing a light dress with a full skirt. He wears a white spor...

    Bowery Waltz
  • 1906
    Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen

    3.51906HD

    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. C...

    Kathleen Mavourneen
  • 1913
    The Ambassador's Daughter

    The Ambassador's Daughter

    The Ambassador's Daughter

    61913HD

    The theft of an important document from the ambassador's residence leads his daughter to investigate the crime.

    The Ambassador's Daughter
  • 1912
    A Christmas Accident

    A Christmas Accident

    A Christmas Accident

    5.61912HD

    Well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Gilton live next door to a large family, the Biltons, that struggles to make ends meet. Despite their desire to be friendly, M...

    A Christmas Accident
  • 1901
    The Martyred Presidents

    The Martyred Presidents

    The Martyred Presidents

    2.91901HD

    This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone. Shortly...

    The Martyred Presidents
  • 1899
    Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene

    Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene

    Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene

    4.11899HD

    Rowdy patrons visit an Old West saloon.

    Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene
  • 1896
    Watermelon Contest

    Watermelon Contest

    Watermelon Contest

    3.1821896HD

    Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.

    Watermelon Contest