Edwin S. Porter Filmes

  • 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
  • 1910
    A Child of the Ghetto

    A Child of the Ghetto

    A Child of the Ghetto

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    After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shirts to the factory owner, the owner's son steals...

    A Child of the Ghetto
  • 1913
    In the Bishop's Carriage

    In the Bishop's Carriage

    In the Bishop's Carriage

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    A lost film. A successful stage actress with a hidden past as a criminal is kept on the path of righteousness by a benefactor.

    In the Bishop's Carriage
  • 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
  • 1914
    A Good Little Devil

    A Good Little Devil

    A Good Little Devil

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    A partially lost film, with only one surviving reel. A movie released in 1914 directed by Edwin S. Porter.

    A Good Little Devil
  • 1914
    Hearts Adrift

    Hearts Adrift

    Hearts Adrift

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    A lost film. A man and a woman are shipwrecked on a desert island. It doesn't take long before they fall in love and, figuring that they would never...

    Hearts Adrift
  • 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
  • 1906
    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

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    A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. This silent short film follows the...

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
  • 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 Gay Shoe Clerk

    The Gay Shoe Clerk

    The Gay Shoe Clerk

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    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.

    The Gay Shoe Clerk
  • 1903
    The Messenger Boy's Mistake

    The Messenger Boy's Mistake

    The Messenger Boy's Mistake

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    "Cholly" wishes to call on his best girl and sends her a large bouquet. To find out if the girl really loves him, he sends a note with the messenger...

    The Messenger Boy's Mistake
  • 1905
    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride

    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride

    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride

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    Amusing characters board an unsteady trolley at each stop, and then abandon the streetcar in order to chase a man who brought on board a basket full...

    On a Good Old 5¢ Trolley Ride
  • 1915
    The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper

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    A poor boy named Tom Canty and Edward, the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

    The Prince and the Pauper
  • 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
  • 1915
    When We Were Twenty-One

    When We Were Twenty-One

    When We Were Twenty-One

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    Richard "The Imp" Audaine is a clever but dissolute orphan whose guardian and friends are trying to lead him from the path of ruin and back to his...

    When We Were Twenty-One
  • 1915
    The Morals of Marcus

    The Morals of Marcus

    The Morals of Marcus

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    A silent comedy drama film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter

    The Morals of Marcus
  • 1911
    The Lighthouse by the Sea

    The Lighthouse by the Sea

    The Lighthouse by the Sea

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    The old lighthouse keeper lives peacefully with his two daughters, who are both engaged to fisherman. One night he receives a message announcing the...

    The Lighthouse by the Sea
  • 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
  • 1905
    The White Caps

    The White Caps

    The White Caps

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    Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When the man comes home, he tears down the sign, and...

    The White Caps
  • 1905
    The Night Before Christmas

    The Night Before Christmas

    The Night Before Christmas

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    On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.

    The Night Before Christmas