Thomas A. Edison
Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.
With a tree-lined river bank dominating the top and back of the frame, the Charles River f…
Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships
A location actuality filmed in Philadelphia (May 27–28, 1904) documenting the Inter-Colleg…
Parsifal
Klingsor seeks admission to the Holy Grail. Evil summons Kundry. Herzeloid appears with th…
1909
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The only known moving-image footage of the author, filmed at his home, Stormfield, in Redd…
1909
Meeting of the Motion Pictures Patents Company
A short film in which the members of the Motion Pictures Patents Company (which had been f…
1910
Frankenstein
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead c…
1910
The Comet
An Edison film created for a stage show, showcasing impressive special effects!
Lucia di Lammermoor
Metropolitan Opera stars, tenor Enrico Caruso and bass-baritone Pol Plancon, in a scene fr…
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 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…
Votes for Women
An Edison Kinetophone short featuring leading suffragists Harriet May Mills, Mrs. James Le…
Andrew Carnegie
A Kinetophone short featuring Andrew Carnegie speaking on “The Duty of the Wealthy Man,” r…
The Birth of the Telephone
The Birth of the Telephone (1914) is a Kinetophone short produced by Edison, featuring Tho…
The Old Violin
The Old Violin (1914) is a Kinetophone short produced by Edison, directed by Daniel Higham…
1914
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where th…
1915
Censorship and Its Absurdities
A satirical short produced to highlight the unreasonable extremes of local film censorship…