Direction: Edwin S. Porter

Direction Edwin S. Porter

Cast Bronco Billy Anderson · A.C. Abadie · Justus D. Barnes · Donald Gallaher

Plot This picture, directed and scripted by Edwin S. Porter, introduced the first cinematic cowboy star, Bronco Billy Anderson. Anderson plays several roles in this action-packed depiction of outlaws ambushing a...

Direction Wallace McCutcheon · Edwin S. Porter

Cast Jack Brawn

Plot Adapted from Winsor McCay's films and comics of the period, this film follows the established theme: the "Rarebit Fiend" gorges himself on rarebit and thus suffers spectacular hallucinatory dreams.

Direction Edwin S. Porter

Cast Gladys Hulette

Plot Alice and her big sister are sitting on the side of a hill overlooking the lake, the big sister busy with her book.

Direction George S. Fleming · Edwin S. Porter

Cast Arthur White · Vivian Vaughan · James H. White

Plot Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of firemen responding to a house fire. They leave the station with their horse drawn pumper, arrive on the...

Direction Edwin S. Porter

Cast Aline Boyd · Phineas Nairs · Jane Stewart · George Voijere

Plot A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she is in the store, she steals several items, and is caught by store employees....

Direction Edwin S. Porter · Wallace McCutcheon

Direction George S. Fleming · Edwin S. Porter

Cast Florence Georgie · A.C. Abadie

Plot A winner and sure to please. In front of one of the largest newspaper offices is a hot air shaft through which immense volumes of air are forced by a...

Direction Edwin S. Porter

Plot A panorama of Coney Island, taken at night: the camera sweeps across the scene from a vantage point well above the area. It then moves in for closer views of...

Direction Edwin S. Porter · J. Searle Dawley

Cast Gitchner Hartman · William Sorelle · Bessie Schrednecky

Plot A generous boy tries to help a girl who does not believe in Santa Claus because of her family's poverty.

Direction Edwin S. Porter

Plot A former convict, now released from prison, is determined to support his wife and child. But with no references, and a past that can be used against him, he has...

Direction Edwin S. Porter

Plot Based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe: Eliza, a slave who has a young child, pleads with Tom, another slave, to escape with her. Tom does not leave, but...

Direction George S. Fleming · Edwin S. Porter

Cast Thomas White

Plot The earliest known adaptation of the classic fairytale.

Direction Edwin S. Porter

Cast William Courtenay · Frank Daniels · May Irwin · Charlotte Walker

Direction Wallace McCutcheon · Edwin S. Porter

Plot Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. Her father favors the country boy, but she elopes with the city boy. Before they...

Direction Edwin S. Porter

Plot A French aristocrat, who has recently arrived in America, has placed a personal advertisement in the newspaper. In the ad, he invites any well-to-do young woman who is interested in...

Direction George S. Fleming · Edwin S. Porter

Cast Charmion King

Plot In this short silent film, we see Charmion an early vaudeville strongwomen, perform her famous Trapeze disrobing act. During the Victorian era, Charmion believed in promoting physical culture and dress...

Direction Edwin S. Porter

Cast Charles Manley

Plot Country rube thinks what he sees on the movie screen is real. He jumps out of his seat to try to stop a kissing scene.

Direction Edwin S. Porter

Cast Fred Ott

Plot Nothing new, but an old thing done over again and done well. Some one has attempted to describe a kiss as "something made of nothing," but this is not one...

Direction Wallace McCutcheon · Edwin S. Porter

Plot A policeman has breakfast with his wife and children, and then prepares for the day's work. While on his beat, he finds and helps a lost child. Later, several officers...

Direction Edwin S. Porter

Cast Edward Boulden

Plot A woman being fitted for shoes exposes her ankle to the shoe clerk, who is intrigued. He kisses her, but her chaperone hits him with her umbrella.