Edwin S. Porter Movies

Uncle Josh returns in this sequel to UNCLE JOSH'S NIGHTMARE. This time he checks into a hotel, presumably to get a better nights rest than he got at...

Buster Brown plays a practical joke on his mother, persuading her to to put her hands into a pan of lobsters, then puts a bunch of them in his...

While in a park, a young woman sees her fiancé being quite affectionate with another woman. When she calls him on the telephone to demand an...

An old maid is walking about the studio while the photographer is getting his camera ready. She first looks at a hanger, which immediately falls from...

A generous boy tries to help a girl who does not believe in Santa Claus because of her family's poverty.

A partially lost film, with only one surviving reel. A movie released in 1914 directed by Edwin S. Porter.

“The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In...

In this parody of 1903's "Great Train Robbery", also made by Edwin S. Porter, young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by...

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...

A recently-released convict attempts to do right but struggles to support his wife and ailing daughter.

A woman riding a train must contend with the unwelcome advances of a male passenger.

The cook has trouble lighting the stove, so she adds kerosene, with explosive results.

Jack and the daughter of a horse trainer are in love with each other, but when the trainer discovers them together, he makes it clear that Jack is...

A silent comedy drama film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter

Vesta Victoria Sings 'Poor John'.

A dissipated man sits at a table with a decanter of whiskey and a glass beside him. A revolver is on the opposite side of the table. He pours a glass...

A young girl, squatting on a wealthy man's land fights for her fellow squatters' right to stay.

Leone, a Papal guard, is devastated when his wife drowns herself after mistakenly thinking that he had abandoned her. He turns over his son David to...

A baker's assistant throws a handful of dough at a rat. The dough sticks to the side of a barrel and the assistant proceeds to sculpt the dough into...

A silent romantic drama film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter