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 Waiter3.81901HD
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...
- 1905
How Jones Lost His Roll
How Jones Lost His Roll51905HD
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...
- 1897
Capsize of Lifeboat
Capsize of Lifeboat4.3331897HD
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...
- 1905
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog5.1251905HD
A portrait of the Dam family.
- 1899
Astor Battery on Parade
Astor Battery on Parade2.81899HD
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...
- 1898
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola5.31898HD
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...
- 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 Garden61904HD
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,...
- 1901
Another Job for the Undertaker
Another Job for the Undertaker3.7731901HD
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...
- 1897
Pillow Fight
Pillow Fight4.4381897HD
“A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the action th...
- 1905
The Train Wreckers
The Train Wreckers51905HD
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...
- 1900
Champs de Mars
Champs de Mars5.51900HD
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...
- 1895
New Blacksmith Shop
New Blacksmith Shop3.71895HD
Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.
- 1897
The First Sleigh-Ride
The First Sleigh-Ride3.61897HD
“This subject taken just after the recent first fall of snow, shows two enthusiastic horsemen indulging in a "brush" with their respective horses and...
- 1897
Bowery Waltz
Bowery Waltz3.2861897HD
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...
- 1906
Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen Mavourneen3.51906HD
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...
- 1913
The Ambassador's Daughter
The Ambassador's Daughter61913HD
The theft of an important document from the ambassador's residence leads his daughter to investigate the crime.
- 1912
A Christmas Accident
A Christmas Accident5.61912HD
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...
- 1901
The Martyred Presidents
The Martyred Presidents2.91901HD
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...
- 1899
Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene
Cripple Creek Bar-Room Scene4.11899HD
Rowdy patrons visit an Old West saloon.
- 1896
Watermelon Contest
Watermelon Contest3.1821896HD
Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.