Edison Studios Movies

  • 1894
    Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

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    A short Edison Black Maria studio film featuring famed sharpshooter Annie Oakley, known as “Little Sure Shot.” Born Phoebe Ann Oakley...

    Annie Oakley
  • 1918
    The Unbeliever

    The Unbeliever

    The Unbeliever

    6.11918HD

    A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his...

    The Unbeliever
  • 1915
    Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

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    In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.

    Vanity Fair
  • 1915
    Black Eyes

    Black Eyes

    Black Eyes

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    A husband and wife swear never again to sneak out on each other with their friends, and are both faced with complications when they go back on their...

    Black Eyes
  • 1912
    Tim

    Tim

    Tim

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    Tim spends his days running with a railroad gang which frustrates his struggling parents. When his father falls ill Tim reluctantly gets a job...

    Tim
  • 1913
    The Bells

    The Bells

    The Bells

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    At the express wish of her father, Lucy Martin marries Leo Noakes, a stingy man and one twice her age. When they are at church one Sunday a fire...

    The Bells
  • 1911
    The Battle of Trafalgar

    The Battle of Trafalgar

    The Battle of Trafalgar

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    The Battle of Trafalgar is a possibly lost 1911 American silent docudrama film that portrayed the 1805 victory of Great Britain’s Royal Navy...

    The Battle of Trafalgar
  • 1917
    Cy Whittaker's Ward

    Cy Whittaker's Ward

    Cy Whittaker's Ward

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    Returning to the village of Bayport after twenty-two years, retired sea captain Cyrus Whittaker finds the community under the power of political boss...

    Cy Whittaker's Ward
  • 1896
    Watermelon Contest

    Watermelon Contest

    Watermelon Contest

    3.91896HD

    Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.

    Watermelon Contest
  • 1897
    Pillow Fight

    Pillow Fight

    Pillow Fight

    51897HD

    “A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the...

    Pillow Fight
  • 1899
    Three Acrobats

    Three Acrobats

    Three Acrobats

    51899HD

    The Buffoons are artists in their line. They tumble in and out of trick doors, disappear and reappear in unexpected places in most unexpected ways....

    Three Acrobats
  • 1898
    Cuban Ambush

    Cuban Ambush

    Cuban Ambush

    4.41898HD

    From the upper windows of a ruined mill Cubans are firing at a scouting party of Spaniards, who return the volley. Fine smoke effects.

    Cuban Ambush
  • 1915
    Santa Claus vs. Cupid

    Santa Claus vs. Cupid

    Santa Claus vs. Cupid

    5.4551915HD

    A desperate man and two romantic rivals encounter one another at a Christmas party.

    Santa Claus vs. Cupid
  • 1897
    Seminary Girls

    Seminary Girls

    Seminary Girls

    51897HD

    Young girls engage in a pillow fight until it is broken up by the headmistress. A number of young ladies, in their night robes, are having a frolic,...

    Seminary Girls
  • 1896
    Lone Fisherman

    Lone Fisherman

    Lone Fisherman

    4.61896HD

    A fellow in a wide-brimmed hat, with a willowy stick for a rod and a baited hook, sits down on a plank hanging over a bridge above a stream. He...

    Lone Fisherman
  • 1897
    Leander Sisters

    Leander Sisters

    Leander Sisters

    3.91897HD

    “A clever characteristic dance called the 'Yellow Kid.' Very unique. Stage is in the Sutro Baths, San Francisco, Cal., and the audience is...

    Leander Sisters
  • 1912
    Lady Clare

    Lady Clare

    Lady Clare

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    A Lord weds a Lady despite knowledge of her lowly birth.

    Lady Clare
  • 1917
    Friends, Romans and Leo

    Friends, Romans and Leo

    Friends, Romans and Leo

    5.51917HD

    The plot and setting is actually a bit like Keaton's The Three Ages will be in 1923. But less sophisticated: The Roman Emperor Mulius Caesar borrows...

    Friends, Romans and Leo
  • 1896
    Interrupted Lovers

    Interrupted Lovers

    Interrupted Lovers

    4.51896HD

    “The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

    Interrupted Lovers
  • 1913
    The Portrait

    The Portrait

    The Portrait

    91913HD

    Not "as in a looking glass" but "as in his own portrait" in a dream does Paul Le Grand, the famous artist, see the lines of dissipation come, one by...

    The Portrait