Edison Studios Movies

The professor shows his power to Mephisto by mysteriously placing a young lady in a swing. Mephisto then shows his power by making the young lady disa...

A view of King Street in Hawaii.

Cooperating with, and probably subsidized by, the islands' local railroad company and their promotional committee, Bonine photographed a series of sho...

The Washington Star of April 1st, 1900, gave the following account of the ceremony: "Over 40,000 women and children passed through the White House Gat...

Champion Lasso Thrower Vicente Oropeza (aka. Vincente Ore Passo/Bisento Orapeso/Vincenti Orapazza) shows his skills.

First is shown a fine panoramic view of the grandstand at the Yale field, showing the enormous gathering of football enthusiasts who have come from fa...

A group of cowboys herding cattle.

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

Marguerite is seated in front of the fireplace, Faust standing by her side. Mephistopheles enters and offers his sword to Faust, commanding him to beh...

Several men in a basement barbershop become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men bel...

Perilous Valley is a 1920 silent film

A bunch of people traveling by foot or on horseback past the camera in Hawaii.

Imagine ten pickaninnies turned loose and on mischief bent. Farmer catches one leaving but Nine. Nine Happy Snowballs on a Swing elate. One gets knock...

Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.

If ever a film was in need of some narration this was it. Screened in four parts, lasting a total of approximately twelve minutes, it shows a bunch of...

Walter Young and John Osgood are both in love with Alexia Trexell, daughter of the president of the trust company where both young men work.

Lizette loves Jean but a 10,000 franc dowry insisted upon by Jean's father is keeping them apart. Paul, Lizette's "black sheep" brother, begs that she...

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron...

Despite the title, the most one can glean from this very short short is a bunch of guys having fun in a harbor.