Edison Studios Movies

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

An Edison film created for a stage show, showcasing impressive special effects!

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 o...

A splendid subject, showing the champion heavyweight of the world, exercising in his training headquarters. After showing his skill in side-stepping,...

An artist is painting a sunrise at sea. After a few finishing touches he stands back and admires the painting. The sun immediately commences to rise....

Chinese passengers make their way down the wharf. Two chair bearers are soliciting fares, but without any success.

Photographed February-March, 1898 in Canton, China

A man is annoyed by his wife and solves the problem in an unusual way.

San Diego Beach, Hotel del Coronado. A pug dog, several terriers and water spaniels and a great St. Bernard are dashing into the water, retrieving sti...

Some girls visit a theatre play, a preposterous melodrama with grotesque overacting.

Mrs. Dove has gambling debts. She doesn’t want her husband to know about this, so she pawns her ring to get money. She is invited to an intimate soire...

According to Harper's Bazaar (8 March 1884),the Montreal Winter Carnival was founded as a means of promoting tourism to the country, aiming “to show...

The turbulent life of a loving couple escaped from a poster.

Among the tall trees and mountains of the Far West, a father, son and daughter dwell peacefully in their mountain cabin, close to nature, seldom heari...

Pennsylvania's historic Horseshoe Curve, photographed by an Edison cameraman in 1900.

Cooperating with, and probably subsidized by, the islands' local railroad company and their promotional committee, Bonine photographed a series of sho...

A short love story about jealousy and deceit; a soldier is in love with a girl, but when he gets injured, a jealous rival in love tells this girl that...

A railway switchman falls asleep whilst on duty. The swicthman wakes up too late, and, realizing his error, begins to hallucinate the probable outcome...