Edwin S. Porter Movies

  • 1911
    The Price

    The Price

    The Price

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    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...

    The Price
  • 1911
    Lost Illusions

    Lost Illusions

    Lost Illusions

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    A marital romance in which a married artist woos the wife of another man.

    Lost Illusions
  • 1906
    Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen

    Kathleen Mavourneen

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    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....

    Kathleen Mavourneen
  • 1908
    The Gentleman Burglar

    The Gentleman Burglar

    The Gentleman Burglar

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    The Proposal: The gentleman burglar walking with his lady love. They admire the grandeur and beauty of nature. He proposes and she accepts. She does...

    The Gentleman Burglar
  • 1906
    The Terrible Kids

    The Terrible Kids

    The Terrible Kids

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    Two boys and their dog set out to play a series of practical jokes on their neighbors. After they have caused several disruptions, the police are...

    The Terrible Kids
  • 1904
    Western Stage Coach Hold Up

    Western Stage Coach Hold Up

    Western Stage Coach Hold Up

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    A band of robbers are playing cards in the foreground of the picture. Suddenly one of the gang who has been on the lookout for the stage coach rides...

    Western Stage Coach Hold Up
  • 1910
    Sunshine Sue

    Sunshine Sue

    Sunshine Sue

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    A country girl follows a city suitor, but is left alone and must fend for herself.

    Sunshine Sue
  • 1911
    Sherlock Holmes, Jr.

    Sherlock Holmes, Jr.

    Sherlock Holmes, Jr.

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    Little Sherlock Holmes, Jr., reads the doughty doings of his hero-god, and at once determines to become a detective himself.

    Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
  • 1906
    Three American Beauties

    Three American Beauties

    Three American Beauties

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    In this color-tinted short, we first see a close-up of a red rose, perfectly formed. Then, we see the rose held by a young woman who is wearing a...

    Three American Beauties
  • 1909
    Hansel and Gretel

    Hansel and Gretel

    Hansel and Gretel

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

    Hansel and Gretel
  • 1911
    On the Brink

    On the Brink

    On the Brink

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

    On the Brink
  • 1906
    The Life of an American Cowboy

    The Life of an American Cowboy

    The Life of an American Cowboy

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

    The Life of an American Cowboy
  • 1909
    Faust

    Faust

    Faust

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    Faust, an aged philosopher and magician who has grown weary of life and has sought in vain for the secret of eternal youth, decides, after a night's...

    Faust
  • 1914
    Tess of the Storm Country

    Tess of the Storm Country

    Tess of the Storm Country

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

    Tess of the Storm Country
  • 1910
    The Attack on the Mill

    The Attack on the Mill

    The Attack on the Mill

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    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...

    The Attack on the Mill
  • 1903
    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

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    After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit...

    The Great Train Robbery
  • 1905
    The Train Wreckers

    The Train Wreckers

    The Train Wreckers

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    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...

    The Train Wreckers
  • 1906
    Getting Evidence

    Getting Evidence

    Getting Evidence

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    A jealous husband arrives in the office of Hawkshaw, a private detective. The husband is certain that his wife is being unfaithful, and he wants the...

    Getting Evidence
  • 1915
    The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

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    Leone, a Papal guard, is devastated when his wife drowns herself after mistakenly thinking that he had abandoned her. He turns over his son David to...

    The Eternal City
  • 1915
    Niobe

    Niobe

    Niobe

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    The statue of Niobe comes to life through the dream of a hen-pecked old man.

    Niobe