Most Viewed From Edison Studios

Pirate melodrama.

Experimental film made to test the original cylinder format of the Kinetoscope and believed to be the first film shot in the United States. It shows...

A woman and a young girl each carry containers of bird feed, and they toss occasional handfuls to the chickens and doves in the farmyard. Most of the...

Two men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.

The romantic escapades of two couples at the beach form the framing story for four animated cartoons.

The Battle of Trafalgar is a possibly lost 1911 American silent docudrama film that portrayed the 1805 victory of Great Britain’s Royal Navy...

Short comedy

A splendid picture of the President, coming down the steps of the Treasury Building and walking towards the camera. [Description refers to a...

A young widow with two babies faces some very difficult decisions in caring for them.

Uncle Sam is mistaken for Marion's uncle Sam.

Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.

A combination of the story of Goldlocks and the Three Bears with the true story of how Teddy Roosevelt spared a bear cub after killing its mother...

We see Jack and his mother very poor and the project of selling the cow discussed. Jack meets the familiar figure of the butcher who bargains with...

The scene opens on a theatrical stage. The magician enters from the wings, and making a bow to the audience, removes his coat and hat and they...

Two cocks fight whilst being watched by two men.

The father of a working class family is having trouble finding a job, because the local textile mill is hiring only inexpensive child labor....

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete", which depicts a boxer with a...

“The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit.” (Edison film catalog)

Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. Her father favors the country boy, but she elopes with the...

This is a new adventure in which our friend, Mr. Hooligan, appears in an entirely new capacity. On a stage a professor of magic is performing some...