Edison Studios Movies

  • 1895
    James Grundy, Buck and Wing

    James Grundy, Buck and Wing

    James Grundy, Buck and Wing

    1.51895HD

    A short of Mr. Grundy dancing. He's a Black man in a jockey outfit and there's someone in a horse costume dancing next to him.

    James Grundy, Buck and Wing
  • 1903
    Turning the Tables

    Turning the Tables

    Turning the Tables

    3.81903HD

    A policeman confronts a group of boys who have ignored a 'No Bathing Allowed' sign.

    Turning the Tables
  • 1915
    Children of Eve

    Children of Eve

    Children of Eve

    6.21915HD

    An illegitimate child of the slums comes to faith. Later, she chooses to labor in a canning factory in order to investigate its poor conditions, not r...

    Children of Eve
  • 1897
    Pillow Fight

    Pillow Fight

    Pillow Fight

    4.4381897HD

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

    Pillow Fight
  • 1896
    The Bad Boy and the Gardener

    The Bad Boy and the Gardener

    The Bad Boy and the Gardener

    41896HD

    A lady watering the garden with a hose, a mischievous boy stops the flow of water until she looks for the cause, when he permits the water to flow, re...

    The Bad Boy and the Gardener
  • 1903
    Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City

    Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City

    Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City

    3.51903HD

    There must have been millions of subjects for Edison's filmmakers to point there cameras at back in 1903 so why on earth they thought that the collect...

    Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City
  • 1917
    Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

    61917HD

    In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scot...

    Kidnapped
  • 1900
    Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

    Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

    Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo

    5.3331900HD

    The title pretty much tells you all there is to know about this Edison film. It runs a very brief 27-seconds and shows a torpedo hitting its target an...

    Exploding a Whitehead Torpedo
  • 1898
    Cuban Ambush

    Cuban Ambush

    Cuban Ambush

    3.51898HD

    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
  • 1897
    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

    4.41897HD

    1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance.

    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
  • 1911
    A Modern Cinderella

    A Modern Cinderella

    A Modern Cinderella

    41911HD

    This 20th-century retelling of the classic fairy tale keeps all the familiar elements — a selfish step-sister, a put-upon beauty, a Prince Charming, a...

    A Modern Cinderella
  • 1897
    Charity Ball

    Charity Ball

    Charity Ball

    31897HD

    A Victorian couple dancing.

    Charity Ball
  • 1913
    The Ambassador's Daughter

    The Ambassador's Daughter

    The Ambassador's Daughter

    61913HD

    The theft of an important document from the ambassador's residence leads his daughter to investigate the crime.

    The Ambassador's Daughter
  • 1898
    California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R.

    California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R.

    California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R.

    21898HD

    Taken on 'Lucky' Baldwin's ranch, Santa Anita, Cal. Shows an engine and five cars approaching from a distance.

    California Limited, A.T. & S.F.R.R.
  • 1899
    Astor Battery on Parade

    Astor Battery on Parade

    Astor Battery on Parade

    2.81899HD

    The Astor Battery became famous after the Spanish-American war and these young men are on display in this Edison short, which was shot on Saturday, Ja...

    Astor Battery on Parade
  • 1913
    Bill's Sweetheart

    Bill's Sweetheart

    Bill's Sweetheart

    01913HD

    Bill, who is with a bunch of cowboys on their way to town, picks up from the wreckage of a prairie schooner a little baby girl. Five years later the l...

    Bill's Sweetheart
  • 1901
    Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter

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

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

    3.81901HD

    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 are...

    Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter
  • 1898
    Roosevelt's Rough Riders Embarking for Santiago

    Roosevelt's Rough Riders Embarking for Santiago

    Roosevelt's Rough Riders Embarking for Santiago

    3.51898HD

    American troops prepare for the invasion of Cuba.

    Roosevelt's Rough Riders Embarking for Santiago
  • 1913
    The Haunted Bedroom

    The Haunted Bedroom

    The Haunted Bedroom

    51913HD

    Lizette loves Jean but a 10,000 franc dowry insisted upon by Jean's father is keeping them apart. Paul, Lizette's "black sheep" brother, begs that she...

    The Haunted Bedroom
  • 1913
    With the Assistance of 'Shep'

    With the Assistance of 'Shep'

    With the Assistance of 'Shep'

    01913HD

    Ruth, a very nice young girl, is under the guardianship of her Aunt Jane, a straight-laced spinster. Ruth is in love with a young man, and every time...

    With the Assistance of 'Shep'