Edison Studios Movies

There is a burglar on the rooftop of a Manhattan office building, and he is trying to break in. Two women spot him, and one of them begins beating him...

Shows canal running through the suburban village of Santa Anita. Men and women pole their flat-bottom boats along, loaded down with garden produce.

Silent film drama of the famous incident..

A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.

A handful of short tales of love, framed by leaf masks.

Several men in a basement barbershop become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men bel...

Eccles, a profligate old drunkard, is the father of two beautiful girls, Esther and Polly. George D'Alroy, a young officer in the British Army who is...

After reading a newspaper article regarding old Tightwad's rise in the world, Bill and Jim hit upon a plan to get some of Tightwad's easy money by hol...

This picture shows the prisoners after completing their day's work of cleaning up the grounds of the Charleston Exposition, taking their positions alo...

Lost film directed by William K.L. Dickson. Presented by Edison Manufacturing Company.

Here we have recorded a very novel scene, the camera having been placed in the basket of the captive balloon at the Pan-American Exposition...

Short comedy

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 v...

Early Edison film.

The forerunner of all serials, What Happened to Mary was a series of twelve monthly one reel episodes, each a complete entity in itself, revolving its...

Mr. Meekley, a baseball fan, has a flat tire on his way to a pennant game. He remains determined to make it to the game regardless of this and furthe...

A socially-minded drama about a doctor who keeps his fiancée waiting at their engagement party, because a sick child needs help.

An early Thomas Edison short. A young woman is kidnapped while attending a play in Chinatown. A reporter attends another play in Chinatown, is likewis...

Shows all the prominent buildings on this thoroughfare, ending with a close view of the base of the Eiffel Tower, with the Trocadero Palace in the bac...

Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.