Edwin S. Porter Filmes

A fire has swept through Durland's Riding Academy in Manhattan. The fire has mostly died down, but firefighters are still at the scene, hosing down...

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

A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.

Scene, interior of a street-car. A stout man enters and sits down alongside of a friend and proceeds to read a comic paper. He shows a joke in the...

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 band of robbers are playing cards in the foreground of the picture. Suddenly one of the gang who has been on the lookout for the stage coach rides...

The Proposal: The gentleman burglar walking with his lady love. They admire the grandeur and beauty of nature. He proposes and she accepts. She does...

This picture shows an old gentleman seated at his shaving table. The razor is evidently giving him a great deal of trouble...

Shows a bedroom in a hotel. On the wall of the room is a conspicuous sign "Don't blow out the gas." A hayseed enters the room, accompanied by a...

It shows a garden wall in the background. Two lovers appear and lean over the garden gate where the moon throws a shadow upon the ground. The young...

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

A romance between a railroad engineer and the switchman's daughter is nearly ruined by train wreckers who knock out the girl and leave her on the...

First, the eye is introduced to the old mill itself, with a gay betrothal party in progress, and laughter and merriment on all sides. Suddenly the...

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...

A female impersonator giggles and flirts. By the following decade, many female impersonators would be shown doing their acts on the stage and in the...

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

A country girl follows a city suitor, but is left alone and must fend for herself.

An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if...

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

A 1911 silent drama film written and directed by Edwin S. Porter and Lois Weber. Starring Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, and Charles De Forrest.