Siegmund Lubin
New Pillow Fight
New Pillow Fight, also titled Daughters' Pillow Fight, is the name of a very early short c…
The Haunted House
Silas Hayseed arrives in town and proceeds to put up a hotel noted for its 'tables,' which…
The Tramp's Dream
A tramp dreams he is welcomed in a high-society parlor for tea, only to wake up and be dis…
1900
Massacre of the Christians by the Chinese
Reenactment of a scene from the Boxer Rebellion.
Esquimaux Village
“One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux…
Leap Frog
Boys play a rough game of leap frog.
1903
Trick Donkey
This is a funny one. A clown first enters with an apparently docile donkey. A colored man…
Watermelon Eating Contest
One of many early silent films depicting young black men eating watermelon. This one invol…
Meet Me at the Fountain
Frenchman Count Hardup advertises for a wife. He gets more than he bargained for when wome…
1904
The Great Train Robbery
A remake of Edwin S. Porter's film of the same title.
1905
I.B. Dam and the Whole Dam Family
One at a time, we meet eight members of the Dam family.
1907
The Unwritten Law: A Thrilling Drama Based on the Thaw-White Tragedy
Dramatization of the real-life shooting of Stanford White by Harry K. Thaw.
How Rastus Got His Pork Chop
Farmer Pumpkin's pig won the blue ribbon at an exhibition and visits the photographer's to…
1909
The Doctor's Bride
Lubin's The Doctor's Bride begins as the physician hero marries the daughter of a deceased…
1909
The Falling Arrow
An outlaw is in love with a Mexican painter's daughter.
1909
The Judge's Ward
A formerly lost Lubin short film.
The Yiddisher Boy
Moses uses his last pennies to help a friend in need. 25 years later the men meet again.
How Rastus Got His Chicken
Directed by Sigmund Lubin.
1910
The Clown and the Minister
A minister and a circus clown move mountains to save the life of a sick little girl.
The Gambler's Charm
The professional gambler of the old-fashioned sort is a fast disappearing type in the west…
Her Humble Ministry
A reformed woman shows a petty thief the righteous path by her good example.
His Mistake
Jim and Mary are a betrothed couple whose devotion to each other is tested when a famous a…
1912
The Samaritan of Coogan's Tenement
The Water Rats
A gang terrorizes and controls the waterfront.
1912
Twixt Love and Ambition
Silent one-reel melodrama
1913
A Timely Rescue
John Bronson, Mr. Daly's farmhand, has ambitions and decides to go to the city. He breaks…
Auntie's Affinity
Lubin mistaken-identity comedy
1913