Edison Manufacturing Company Movies

  • 1910
    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

    6.11910HD

    Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done,...

    Frankenstein
  • 1912
    Billie

    Billie

    Billie

    91912HD

    Billie is the "little mother" of the family and cares for the two smaller children. Her father has fallen under the spell of drink. Billie has become...

    Billie
  • 1909
    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    01909HD

    Fatima and Sister Anne have seemed alive in their minds, from the moment Fatima, in her mother's lonely hut, accepts an invitation to visit...

    Bluebeard
  • 1903
    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery

    6.9861903HD

    After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit...

    The Great Train Robbery
  • 1897
    Rescue - Resuscitation

    Rescue - Resuscitation

    Rescue - Resuscitation

    101897HD

    A line is shot to the man clinging to the overturned boat. He fastens it to his body using all his fast failing strength. The crew pull him through...

    Rescue - Resuscitation
  • 1916
    Victime de la Cocaïne

    Victime de la Cocaïne

    Victime de la Cocaïne

    01916HD

    A silent short drama film shot in three parts about cocaine.

    Victime de la Cocaïne
  • 1910
    The Stenographer's Friend

    The Stenographer's Friend

    The Stenographer's Friend

    5.11910HD

    It's a busy day at the office, and the stenographer is exhausted from trying to keep up with the demands on her skills. Even when she stays late, she...

    The Stenographer's Friend
  • 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
  • 1909
    The House of Cards

    The House of Cards

    The House of Cards

    4.11909HD

    The rancher whom Tom works for has entrusted Tom with a bag of gold to take to the bank. But on arriving at the bank, Tom finds that it is closed for...

    The House of Cards
  • 1909
    Faust

    Faust

    Faust

    71909HD

    Faust, an aged philosopher and magician who has grown weary of life and has sought in vain for the secret of eternal youth, decides, after a night's...

    Faust
  • 1903
    Life of an American Fireman

    Life of an American Fireman

    Life of an American Fireman

    5.9811903HD

    Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of firemen responding to a house fire. They leave the station with...

    Life of an American Fireman
  • 1902
    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    Jack and the Beanstalk

    61902HD

    Porter's sequential continuity editing links several shots to form a narrative of the famous fairy tale story of Jack and his magic beanstalk....

    Jack and the Beanstalk
  • 1893
    Blacksmith Scene

    Blacksmith Scene

    Blacksmith Scene

    5.5741893HD

    Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in which a scene is being acted out.

    Blacksmith Scene
  • 1896
    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    5.21896HD

    They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.

    The Kiss
  • 1894
    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    6.1261894HD

    William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film
  • 1898
    Little Mischief

    Little Mischief

    Little Mischief

    3.91898HD

    Papa is reading his newspaper and his little girl tickles his neck with a long straw. Thinking it is a fly papa "shoos" away the supposed fly with...

    Little Mischief
  • 1907
    Rivals

    Rivals

    Rivals

    5.81907HD

    Chollie and George compete for a young woman's affection, using trickery and sabotage.

    Rivals
  • 1914
    Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie

    01914HD

    A Kinetophone short featuring Andrew Carnegie speaking on “The Duty of the Wealthy Man,” recorded January 20, 1914, at Edison’s...

    Andrew Carnegie
  • 1901
    The Mysterious Cafe; or, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

    The Mysterious Cafe; or, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

    The Mysterious Cafe; or, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

    4.71901HD

    As the above title indicates, the scene does not take place in an ordinary restaurant, but one in which all natural rules of order and gravitation...

    The Mysterious Cafe; or, Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter
  • 1900
    Happy Hooligan

    Happy Hooligan

    Happy Hooligan

    41900HD

    Happy Hooligan