Most Viewed From Edison Studios

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...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Gilbert M. Anderson

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.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Charles Manley

A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.

Genre: Animation

Cast: J. Stuart Blackton

Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Luis Martinetti

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Annabelle Moore

William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.

Genre: Music

Cast: William K.L. Dickson

Viola Dana stars as the child of a widower who marries again, much to her dismay. Despite all attempts by the adults, the child refuses to accept her...

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Cast: Viola Dana

“Showing a group of soldiers and Red Cross nurses being amused by a number of small children who are riding upon the backs of trick bears. A...

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Feodor Turov, chief of the Russian Czar's secret police, orders his Cossacks to attack a village he believes to be infested with rebels. The Cossacks...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Viola Dana

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...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: John P. Brawn

They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

Genre: Drama

Cast: May Irwin

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Phil Doreto

Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done,...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Augustus Phillips

Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.

Genre: Documentary

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Buster Brown creater R.F. Outcault sketches his creation. Part of the Buster Brown series for Edison film studio.

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Cast: Richard F. Outcault

A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Fred Ott

"An interesting exhibit by Hadji Cheriff, of the original Midway Plaisance. Twirls his rifle over his shoulder, behind back, under leg, both hands...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hadji Cheriff

A short public service film warning people in New Jersey to stay out of the way of oncoming streetcars. The message is framed in a cute romantic...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Andy Clark

A father and daughter each enjoy their printed "Grouch Chaser" cartoons, which come to life for the audience. Meanwhile, the daughter is secretly...

Genre: Animation

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Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Annabelle Moore