Edwin S. Porter filmography
The following is a list of films by
Thomas A. Edison, between 1900 and 1909. Later films were produced at the Rex Motion Picture Company and Famous Players Film Company.[1][2][3]
1900
- An Animated Luncheon
- An Artist's Dream
- Ching Ling Foo Outdone
- The Clown and the Alchemist
- Congress of Nations
- A Dull Razor
- Faust and Margeurite
- The Magician
- The Mystic Swing
- Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel
- Uncle Josh's Nightmare
- Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce
- A Wringing Good Joke
1901
- Another Job for the Undertaker
- Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle
- The Automatic Weather Prophet
- Building Made Easy, or How Mechanics Work in the Twentieth Century
- Catching an Early Train
- Circular Panorama of Electric Tower
- Day at the Circus
- The Donkey Party
- Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
- Esquimaux Leap-Frog
- The Esquimaux Village
- Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
- The Farmer and the Bad Boys
- Faust Family of Acrobats
- The Finish of Bridget McKeen
- The Finish of Michael Casey, or Blasting Rocks in Harlem
- Follow the Leader
- Fun in a Butcher Shop
- Gordon Sisters Boxing
- Happy Hooligan April-Fooled
- Happy Hooligan Surprised
- How the Dutch Beat the Irish
- The Jeffreys and Ruhlin Sparring Contest at San Francisco
- A Joke on Grandma
- Kansas Saloon Smashers
- Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog
- Life Rescue at Atlantic City
- Life Rescue at Long Branch
- Little Willie's Last Celebration
- Love by the Light of the Moon
- Love in a Hammock
- The Lovers, Coal Box and Fireplace
- Lukens, Novel Gymnast
- The Martyred Presidents
- The Musical Ride
- The Mysterious Cafe
- The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken
- The Old Maid in the Drawing Room (also known as The Old Maid in the Horsecar)
- Pan-American Exposition By Night
- Panorama of the Esplanade By Night
- Panoramic View of Electric Tower from a Balloon
- A Phenomenal Contortionist
- The Photographer's Mishap
- Photographing a Country Couple
- Pie, Tramp and the Bulldog
- President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol
- President McKinley's Funeral Cortege at Washington, DC
- The Reversible Divers
- Rubes in the Theatre
- Sampson-Schley Controversy
- Soubrette's Troubles on a Fifth Avenue Stage Coach
- Stage Coach Hold-Up in the Days of '49
- Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King
- The Tramp and the Nursing Bottle
- The Tramp's Dream
- The Tramp's Miraculous Escape
- The Tramp's Strategy That Failed
- The Tramp's Unexpected Skate
- Trapeze Disrobing Act
- A Trip Arond the Pan-American Exhibition
- A Trip Through the Columbia Exposition
- 'Weary Willie' and the Gardener
- What Demoralized the Barber Shop
- What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City
- Why Brigit Stopped Drinking
- Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce
1902
- Appointment by Telephone
- Babies Rolling Eggs
- The Bull and the Picnickers
- The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2
- Burning of Durland's Riding Academy
- Burning of St. Pierre [Martinique]
- Capture of the Biddle Brothers
- Charleston Chain-Gang
- Chinese Shaving Scene
- Facial Expression
- Female Facial Expressions
- Fun in a Bakery Shop
- The Golden Chariots
- Great Bull Fight
- Happy Hooligan Turns Burglar
- Hooligan's Fourth of July
- How They Do Things on the Bowery
- The Interrupted Bathers
- The Interrupted Picnic
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- Mt. Pelee in Eruption and Destruction of St. Pierre
- Mt. Pelee Smoking Before Eruption
- New York City in a Blizzard
- Oh! Shut Up
- Prince Henry at Lincoln Monument, Chicago, Ill. German and American Tableau
- Rock of Ages
- Smashing a Jersey Mosquito
- Smith's Wife Inspects the New Typewriter
- The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship
- Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
- The Weary Hunters and the Magician
1903
- 69th Regiment N.G.N.Y.
- "Africander" Winning the Suburban Handicap
- The Animated Poster
- Arabian Jewish Dance
- Baby Class at Lunch
- The Baby Review
- Buster's Joke on Papa
- Casey and His Neighbor's Goat
- Down Where the Wurzburger Flows
- An East River Novelty
- East Side Urchins Bathing in a Fountain
- Electrocuting an Elephant
- The Extra Turn
- Fireboat "New Yorker" In Action
- The Gay Shoe Clerk
- Goo Goo Eyes
- The Great Train Robbery
- Happy Hooligan in a Trap
- Happy Hooligan's Interrupted Lunch
- The Heavenly Twins at Lunch
- The Heavenly Twins at Odds
- How Old Is Ann?
- Lehigh Valley Black Diamond Express
- Life of an American Fireman
- Little Lillian, Toe Danseuse
- The Messenger Boy's Mistake
- Miss Jessie Cameron, Champion Child Sword Dancer
- Miss Jessie Dougherty, Champion Female Highland Fling Dancer
- New York Caledonian Club's Parade
- New York City Dumping Wharf
- New York City Police Parade
- New York City Public Bath
- New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates
- The Office Boy's Revenge
- Old-Fashioned Scottish Reel
- Orphans in the Surf
- Panorama of Blackwell's Island
- Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.
- Panorama Water Front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River
- The Physical Culture Girl
- Razzle Dazzle
- A Romance of the Rail
- Rube and Fender
- Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
- Scenes in an Orphans' Asylum
- Seashore Frolics
- Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City
- Steam Scow "Cinderella" and Ferryboat "Cincinnati"
- The Still Alarm
- Street Car Chivalry
- Subub Surprises the Burglar
- Throwing the Sixteen Pound Hammer
- Turning the Tables
- Two Chappies in a Box
- The Unappreciated Joke
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903 film)
- Under the Mistletoe
- What Happened in the Tunnel
- White Wings on Review
1904
- Animated Painting
- Annual Parade, New York Fire Department
- Babe and Puppies
- Bad Boy's Joke on the Nurse
- Battle of Chemulpo Bay
- Buster and Tige Put a Balloon Vendor Out of Business
- Buster Brown and His Dog Tige
- Buster Brown and the Dude
- Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter
- Buster's Dog to the Rescue
- Buster's Revenge on the Tramp
- Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
- Capture of the 'Yegg' Bank Burglars
- Casey's Frightful Dream
- Circular Panorama of the Horse Shoe Falls in Winter
- City Hall to Harlem in 15 Seconds, via the Subway Route
- Cohen's Advertising Scheme
- The Cop Fools the Sergeant
- Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls
- Dog Factory
- Elephants Shooting the Chutes at Luna Park
- The European Rest Cure
- The Ex-Convict
- Fire and Flames at Luna Park, Coney Island
- From Rector's Bank to Claremont
- Halloween Night at the Seminary
- Hold-Up in a Country Grocery Store
- How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns
- Ice Boating on the North Shrewsbury, Red Bank, N.J.
- Ice Skating in Central Park, N.Y.
- Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships, 1904
- Inter-Collegiate Regatta, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1904
- Japanese Acrobats
- Little German Band
- Love Will Find a Way
- Maniac Chase
- Midnight Intruder
- Miss Lillian Shaffer and Her Dancing Horse
- Old Maid and Fortune Teller
- Opening Ceremonies, New York Subway, October 27, 1904
- Parsifal
- Photographing a Female Crook
- Pranks of Buster Brown and His Dog Tige
- R.F. Outcault Making a Sketch of Buster and Tige
- Railroad Smash-Up
- Rector's to Claremont
- Rounding Up of the "Yeggmen"
- A Rube Couple at the County Fair
- Scarecrow Pump
- Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum
- Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards
- Sleighing in Central Park, New York
- Sliding Down Ice Mound at Niagara Falls
- The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide
- Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden
- "Weary Willie" Kidnaps a Child
- "Weary Willie" Kisses the Bride (also known as Nervy Nat Kisses the Bride)
- Western Stage Coach Hold Up
- White Star S.S. Baltic Leaving Pier on First Eastern Voyage
- Wifey's Mistake
1905
- Bicycle Police Chasing Scorching Auto
- Boarding School Girls
- The Burglar's Slide for Life
- Coney Island at Night
- Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police
- Down on the Farm
- The Electric Mule
- Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly
- Everybody Works But Father
- A Five Cent Trolley Ride
- Hanging Stockings on a Christmas Tree
- Hippodrome Races, Dreamland, Coney Island
- How Jones Lost His Roll
- Inauguration of President Roosevelt. President-Elect Roosevelt, Vice-President-Elect Fairbanks and Escort Going to the Capitol
- Inauguration of President Roosevelt. Taking the Oath of Office
- Inauguration of President Roosevelt. The Grand Inaugural Parade
- June's Birthday Party
- The Kleptomaniac
- Life of an American Policeman
- The Little Train Robbery
- The Miller's Daughter
- Mystic Shriner's Day, Dreamland, Coney Island
- The Night Before Christmas
- Opening of Belmont Park Race Course
- Phoebe Snow
- Police Chasing Scorching Auto
- Poor Algy
- President Roosevelt's Inauguration
- Raffles, the Dog
- A River Tragedy
- Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.
- The Seven Ages
- Start of Ocean Race for Kaiser's Cup
- Stolen by Gypsies
- The Train Wreckers
- The Watermelon Patch
- The White Caps
- The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog
1906
- Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
- Getting Evidence, Showing the Trials and Tribulations of a Private Detective
- The Honeymoon at Niagara Falls
- How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game
- Kathleen Mavourneen
- Life of a Cowboy
- Minstrel Mishaps; or, Late for Rehearsal
- Phoebe Snow
- A Tale of the Sea
- The Terrible Kids
- Three American Beauties
- Waiting at the Church
- A Winter Straw Ride
1907
- Cohen's Fire Sale
- College Chums
- Daniel Boone
- Jack the Kisser
- Laughing Gas
- A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus
- Lost in the Alps
- Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
- The Nine Lives of a Cat
- A Race for Millions
- The Rivals
- Stage Struck
- A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm
- The 'Teddy' Bears
- Three American Beauties, No. 2
- The Trainer's Daughter; or, A Race for Love
- Vesta Victoria Singing "Poor John"
- Vesta Victoria Singing "Waiting at the Church"
1908
- The Angel Child
- Animated Snowballs
- The Army of Two (An Incident During the American Revolution)
- The Blue and the Gray; or, The Days of '61
- The Boston Tea Party
- Bridal Couple Dodging Cameras
- Buying a Title
- Cocoa Industry, Trinidad, British West Indies
- Colonial Virginia, Historical Scenes and Incidents Connected with the Founding of Jamestown, VA
- A Comedy in Black and White
- A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences
- The Cowboy and the Schoolmarm
- Cupid's Pranks
- Curious Mr. Curio
- The Devil
- Ex-Convict No. 900
- The Face on the Barroom Floor
- Fireside Reminiscences
- Fly Paper
- The Gentleman Burglar
- Heard Over the 'Phone
- Honesty Is the Best Policy
- The King's Pardon
- The Little Coxswain of the Varsity 8
- Lord Feathertop
- Love Will Find a Way
- The Lovers' Telegraph Code
- The Merry Widow Waltz Craze
- Miss Sherlock Holmes
- Nellie, the Pretty Typewriter: A Romance Among the Skyscrapers
- Nero and the Burning of Rome
- The New Stenographer
- The Old Maids' Temperance Club
- The Painter's Revenge
- A Persistent Suitor
- Pioneers Crossing the Plains in '49
- Playmates
- Pocahontas: A Child of the Forest
- Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
- Romance of a War Nurse
- Sandy McPherson's Quiet Fishing Trip
- Saved by Love
- A Sculptor's Welsh Rarebit Dream
- Skinner's Finish
- Stage Memories of an Old Theatrical Trunk
- Tale the Autumn Leaves Told
- Tales the Searchlight Told
- Ten Pickaninnies
- An Unexpected Santa Claus
- A Voice from the Dead
- When Reuben Comes to Town
- Wifey's Strategy
- A Yankee Man-o-Warsman's Fight for Love: An Incident During the Pacific Cruise of the American Fleet
1909
- The Adventures of an Old Flirt
- A Bird in a Gilded Cage
- A Burglar Cupid
- Capital Versus Labor
- A Child of the Forest
- A Child's Prayer
- The Colored Stenographer
- A Coward
- A Cry from the Wilderness; or, A Tale of the Esquimaux and Midnight Sun
- A Cup of Tea and She
- A Daughter of the Sun
- The Doctored Dinner Pail
- Father's First Half-Holiday
- Faust
- Fuss and Feathers
- A Gift from Santa Claus
- A Great Game
- Hansel and Gretel
- Hard to Beat
- The Heart of a Clown
- The House of Cards
- The Iconoclast
- Love Is Blind
- Love's Sacrifice
- Mary Jane's Lovers
- A Midnight Supper
- A Modest Young Man
- Oh! Rats!
- On the Western Frontier
- A Persistent Suitor
- The Pony Express
- The Price of a Soul
- A Road to Love, or Romance of a Yankee Engineer in Central America
- See a Pin and Pick It Up, All That Day You'll Have Good Luck
- The Strike
- The Temptation
- The Three Kisses
- Toys of Fate
- Uncle Tom Wins
- Unappreciated Genius
- An Unsuccessful Substitution
- Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?
1910
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- All on Account of a Laundry Mark
- Almost a Hero
- The Attack on the Mill
- Bear Hunt in the Rockies
- Bradford's Claim
- A Bridegroom's Mishaps
- The Cattle Thief's Revenge
- A Clause in the Will
- Cohen's Generosity
- A Cowboy's Courtship
- The Cowpuncher's Glove
- The Education of Mary Jane
- The Engineer's Romance
- The Farmer's Daughter
- For Her Sister's Sake
- Forgiven
- Fruit Growing, Grand Valley, Colorado (The Results of Irrigation)
- A Game for Life
- The Girl Strike Leader
- Great Marshall Jewel Case
- The Greater Love
- Hazing a New Scholar
- The Heart of a Rose
- Her First Appearance
- His Mother's Thanksgiving
- Indian Squaw's Sacrifice
- The Last Straw
- The Livingston Case
- Love and the Law
- Luck of Roaring Camp
- Married in Haste
- The Old Loves and the New
- Ononko's Vow
- Out of the Night
- Pardners
- Peg Woffington
- Ranson's Folly
- Repaid with Interest
- Retribution
- Riders of the Plains
- Russia, the Land of Oppression
- Saved From Himself
- A Schoolmarm's Ride for Life
- Shanghaied
- The Stolen Claim
- The Tale the Camera Told
- That Letter from Teddy
- Too Many Girls
- The Toymaker, the Doll and the Devil
- Wanted: An Athletic Instructor
- A Western Romance
- Wild Bill's Defeat
- The Winning of Miss Langdon
1911
- The Artist Financier
- As Ye Sow
- A Breach of Faith
- A Buried Past
- By the Light of the Moon
- Called Back
- Captain Nell
- Castles in the Air
- Chasing a Rainbow
- The Colonel's Daughter
- A Cure for Crime
- A Daughter of the Revolution
- The Derelict
- An Exception to the Rule
- Faith
- The Fall of a Knight
- A Famous Duel
- Fate
- Five Hours
- From Death to Life
- The Guardsman
- The Heiress
- Her Sister
- Her Way
- Heroine of '76
- The Iron Master
- Leaves of a Romance
- The Lighthouse by the Sea
- The Little Major
- Lost Illusions
- The Lover and the Count
- Madeline's Rebellion
- The Martyr
- The Measure of a Man
- Money to Burn
- The Monogram "J.O."
- A Night of Terror
- On the Brink
- The Price of Victory
- The Realization
- The Return
- The Rose and the Dagger
- Saints and Sinners
- Securing Evidence
- Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
- Silver Threads Among the Gold
- The Story of a Prayer Rug
- The Strangers
- The Strike at the Mines
- The Tale of a Cat
- The Test of Love
- The Torn Scarf
- The Twins
- The Ultimate Sacrifice
- An Unwelcome Saint
- The Vagabond
- Where the Shamrock Grows
- The White Red Man
1912
- Angels Unawares
- The Attack on the Mill
- Beauty and the Beast
- A Boarding House Mystery
- Bob's Deception
- The Convict's Parole
- Drawing the Line
- The Eternal Conflict
- Eyes That See Not
- Faraway Fields
- The Final Pardon
- Fine Feathers
- The Flirt
- From the Wild
- Grandfather's Clock
- The Greater Christian
- The Greater Love
- The Hand of Mystery
- The Hidden Light
- If Dreams Come True
- A Japanese Idyll
- A Kentucky Feud
- The Lash of Fate
- Leaves in a Storm
- Love's Four Stone Walls
- Modern Slaves
- An Old-Fashioned Girl
- The Old Organist
- The Parting of the Ways
- The Power of Thought
- The Price of Money
- The Price of Peace
- A Prophet Without Honor
- A Sane Asylum
- The Squatter's Rights
- State's Warning
- Taming Mrs. Shrew
- A Tangled Web
- Through a Higher Power
- Under Her Wing
- The Wedding March
- The Weight of a Feather
1913
1914
- The Crucible
- A Good Little Devil
- Hearts Adrift
- The Spitfire
- Such a Little Queen
- Tess of the Storm Country
1915
- Bella Donna
- The Dictator
- The Eternal City
- Jim the Penman
- Lydia Gilmore
- The Morals of Marcus
- Niobe
- The Prince and the Pauper
- Sold
- When We Were Twenty-One
- The White Pearl
- Zaza
References
- ISBN 978-0520069862.
- ^ Wakeman, John, ed. (1987). World Film Directors, Vol. 1: 1890-1945. The H.W. Wilson Company. pp. 879–881. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ISBN 0-89950-766-2. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
External links
- Edwin S. Porter at IMDb