Allen Ramsey
A Minstrel Show
An Edison Kinetophone short presenting an on-stage minstrel company performing musical num…
Her Redemption
A short Edison Kinetophone film, distributed by General Film Company, representative of Ed…
1913
Jack's Joke
A comic sketch that features two players who think each one is deaf, causing them to shout…
Julius Caesar
An excerpt of the Shakespeare play presented in the Kinetophone sound system, in which the…
1913
Nursery Favorites
Nursery Favourites (1913) is an Edison Kinetophone short featuring performers miming to a…
1913
The Deaf Mute
Civil War drama of a Confederate spy who is captured by Union soldiers.
1913
The Edison Kinetophone
On February 17, 1913, after many years of R+D, Thomas Alva Edison introduced the Edison Ki…
1913
The Edison Minstrels
A group of actors in various costumes including powdered-wigged 18th century interlocutor,…
1913
The Five Bachelors
A comedy of a young man’s humiliating initiation into a woman-hating men’s club, The Five…
The Irish Policeman
A short Edison Kinetophone film, part of Edison’s early experiments in synchronizing sound…
1913
The Musical Blacksmiths
The Edison Quartet perform songs as blacksmiths. This was one of 200 projects produced usi…
1913
The Old Guard
A veteran of the Napoleanic Wars recounts his memories and grants his blessings upon the m…
1913
The Politician
A political boss antagonizes his constituents when he delivers an oratory while being fed…
The Birth of the Telephone
The Birth of the Telephone (1914) is a Kinetophone short produced by Edison, featuring Tho…