Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Born 04/21/1870 Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA

Died 04/30/1941 (71 years old) New York City, New York, USA

Director

Movies
1915

Bella Donna

 

Jim the Penman

 

Lydia Gilmore

 

Niobe

 

Sold

 

The Eternal City

 

The Morals of Marcus

 

The Prince and the Pauper

 

The White Pearl

Ads

Ads

 

When We Were Twenty-One

 

Zaza

1914

A Good Little Devil

 

Such a Little Queen

 

Tess of the Storm Country

 

The Crucible

 

The Spitfire

1913

In the Bishop's Carriage

 

The Count of Monte Cristo

 

The Prisoner of Zenda

1911

A White Redman

 

The Torn Scarf

1910

Bradford's Claim

 

Her First Appearance

 

Luck of Roaring Camp

 

The Man Who Learned

 

The Stolen Claim

1909

A Child of the Forest

 

The Heart of a Clown

1908

An Unexpected Santa Claus

 

She

 

The Boston Tea Party

 

The Life of an American Cowboy

1906

Kathleen Mavourneen

1899

Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

Documentaries
1906

Three American Beauties

1905

Coney Island at Night

 

Scenes and Incidents, Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, Portsmouth, N. H.

1904

Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships

 

Rounding Up and Branding Cattle

 

Scenes in an Infant Orphan Asylum

1903

Electrocuting an Elephant

 

Life of an American Fireman

 

Little Lillian, Toe Danseuse

 

New York City 'Ghetto' Fish Market

 

New York City Dumping Wharf

 

Razzle Dazzle

 

Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City

 

The Road of Anthracite

 

White Wings on Review

1902

Babies Rolling Eggs

 

Burning of Durland's Riding Academy

 

Great Bull Fight

 

The Golden Chariots

1901

Circular Panorama of Electric Tower

 

Day at the Circus

 

Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog

 

Pan-American Exposition by Night

 

Panorama of Esplanade by Night

 

What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City

Short
1916

His Neighbor's Wife

1914

A Law Unto Herself

 

Hearts Adrift

1912

The Convict's Parole

1911

A Buried Past

 

A Cure for Crime

 

A Famous Duel

 

A Heroine of '76

 

A Night of Terror

 

A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers

 

By the Light of the Moon

 

Captain Nell

 

Faith

 

Five Hours

 

Leaves of a Romance

 

Lost Illusions

 

Madeline's Rebellion

 

Money to Burn

 

On the Brink

 

Saints and Sinners

 

Sherlock Holmes, Jr.

 

Silver Threads Among the Gold

 

The Doomed Ship

 

The Fall of a Knight

 

The Iron Master

 

The Lighthouse by the Sea

 

The Lover and the Count

 

The Price

 

The Price of Victory

 

The Rose and the Dagger

 

The Strangers

 

The Strike at the Mines

 

The Test of Love

 

The Ultimate Sacrifice

 

The Vagabond

 

The White Red Man

1910

A Western Romance

 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

 

All on Account of a Laundry Mark

 

Almost a Hero

 

For Her Sister's Sake

 

His Mother's Thanksgiving

 

Love and the Law

 

Ononko's Vow

 

Out of the Night

 

Pardners

 

Peg Woffington

 

Ranson's Folly

 

Riders of the Plains

 

Russia, the Land of Oppression

 

The Attack on the Mill

 

The Cowpuncher's Glove

 

The Engineer's Romance

 

The Farmer's Daughter

 

The Greater Love

 

The Heart of a Rose

 

The Livingston Case

 

The Old Loves and the New

 

The Temptation

 

The Toymaker, the Doll and the Devil

 

The Winning of Miss Langdon

 

Too Many Girls

1909

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

 

A Burglar Cupid

 

A Coward

 

A Cry from the Wilderness; or, A Tale of the Esquimaux and Midnight Sun

 

A Cup of Tea and She

 

A Daughter of the Sun

 

A Gift from Santa Claus

 

A Great Game

 

A Midnight Supper

 

A Modest Young Man

 

An Unsuccessful Substitution

 

Father's First Half-Holiday

 

Faust

 

Fuss and Feathers

 

Hard to Beat

 

Love Is Blind

 

Love's Sacrifice

 

Mary Jane's Lovers

 

Oh! Rats!

 

On the Western Frontier

 

See a Pin and Pick It Up, All That Day You'll Have Good Luck

 

Strolling Players

 

The Colored Stenographer

 

The Doctored Dinner Pail

 

The House of Cards

 

The Pony Express

 

The Price of a Soul

 

The Three Kisses

 

Unappreciated Genius

 

Uncle Tom Wins

 

Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?

1908

A Dumb Hero

 

A Fool for Luck; or, Nearly a Policeman

 

A Football Warrior

 

A Street Waif's Christmas

 

A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm

 

A Voice from the Dead

 

A Yankee Man-o-Warsman's Fight for Love

 

Animated Snowballs

 

Curious Mr. Curio

 

Ex-Convict No. 900

 

Fireside Reminiscences

 

Honesty Is the Best Policy

 

Life's a Game of Cards

 

Lord Feathertop

 

Love Will Find a Way

 

Miss Sherlock Holmes

 

Nellie, the Pretty Typewriter

 

Nero and the Burning of Rome

 

Pocahontas: A Child of the Forest

 

Romance of a War Nurse

 

Saved by Love

 

Skinner's Finish

 

Tale the Autumn Leaves Told

 

Tales the Searchlight Told

 

The Adventures of an Old Flirt

 

The Angel Child

 

The Army of Two (An Incident During the American Revolution)

 

The Blue and the Gray; or, The Days of '61

 

The Bridge of Sighs

 

The Devil

 

The Face on the Bar-Room Floor

 

The Gentleman Burglar

 

The Jester

 

The Lady or the Tiger

 

The Leprechaun: An Irish Fairy Story

 

The Lost New Year's Dinner

 

The Lover's Guide

 

The Lovers' Telegraphic Code

 

The Merry Widow Waltz Craze

 

The Painter's Revenge

 

The Tale the Ticker Told

 

Turning Over a New Leaf

 

When Ruben Comes to Town

 

Wifey's Strategy

1907

A Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Santa Claus

 

Cohen's Fire Sale

 

College Chums

 

Jack and the Beanstalk

 

Jack the Kisser

 

Laughing Gas

 

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

 

Poor John

 

The 'Teddy' Bears

 

The Rivals

 

The Trainer's Daughter; or, A Race for Love

1906

A Winter Straw Ride

 

Daniel Boone

 

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

 

Getting Evidence

 

Holdup of the Rocky Mountain Express

 

How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

 

Police Chasing Scorching Auto

 

Seven Ages

 

The Honeymoon at Niagara Falls

 

The Life of a Cowboy

 

The Terrible Kids

 

Waiting at the Church

1905

Coney Island

 

How Jones Lost His Roll

 

Life of an American Policeman

 

The Burglar's Slide for Life

 

The Kleptomaniac

 

The Little Train Robbery

 

The Miller's Daughter

 

The Night Before Christmas

 

The Train Wreckers

 

The Watermelon Patch

 

The White Caps

 

The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog

1904

'Weary Willie' Kidnaps a Child

 

A Brush Between Cowboys and Indians

 

A Rube Couple at a County Fair

 

Animated Painting

 

Babe and Puppies

 

Buster Brown and His Dog Tige

 

Capture of the 'Yegg' Bank Burglars

 

Casey's Frightful Dream

 

Dog Factory

 

European Rest Cure

 

How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns

 

Maniac Chase

 

Midnight Intruder

 

Nervy Nat Kisses the Bride

 

Parsifal

 

Rector's to Claremont

 

Scarecrow Pump

 

The Ex-Convict

 

The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide

 

Western Stage Coach Hold Up

1903

A Romance of the Rail

 

Goo Goo Eyes

 

Rube and Fender

 

Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

 

Subub Surprises the Burglar

 

The Extra Turn

 

The Gay Shoe Clerk

 

The Great Train Robbery

 

The Heavenly Twins at Lunch

 

The Heavenly Twins at Odds

 

The Messenger Boy's Mistake

 

The Unappreciated Joke

 

Turning the Tables

 

Uncle Tom's Cabin

 

What Happened in the Tunnel

1902

Appointment by Telephone

 

Chinese Shaving Scene

 

Fun in a Bakery Shop

 

How They Do Things on the Bowery

 

Jack and the Beanstalk

 

Rock of Ages

 

The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2

 

The Interrupted Bathers

 

The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship

 

The Weary Hunters and the Magician

 

Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show

1901

'Weary Willie' and the Gardener

 

Another Job for the Undertaker

 

Carrying Out the Snakes

 

Execution of Czolgosz, with Panorama of Auburn Prison

 

Happy Hooligan April-Fooled

 

Happy Hooligan Surprised

 

How the Dutch Beat the Irish

 

Kansas Saloon Smashers

 

Love by the Light of the Moon

 

Pie, Tramp and the Bulldog

 

Rubes in the Theatre

 

Sampson-Schley Controversy

 

Soubrette's Troubles on a Fifth Avenue Stage Coach

 

Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

 

The Artist's Dilemma

 

The Automatic Weather Prophet

 

The Donkey Party

 

The Farmer and the Bad Boys

 

The Finish of Bridget McKeen

 

The Martyred Presidents

 

The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken

 

The Reversible Divers

 

The Tramp's Strategy That Failed

 

The Tramp's Unexpected Skate

 

Trapeze Disrobing Act

 

Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce

1900

A Dull Razor

 

An Animated Luncheon

 

An Artist's Dream

 

Ching Ling Foo Outdone

 

Faust and Marguerite

 

The Kiss

 

The Magician

 

The Mystic Swing

 

Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel

 

Uncle Josh's Nightmare

1899

The America's Cup Race

1898

Elopement on Horseback

 

Shooting Captured Insurgents

 

The Cavalier's Dream

Cinematographer

Movies
1914

A Good Little Devil

 

Tess of the Storm Country

1913

The Count of Monte Cristo

1908

An Unexpected Santa Claus

 

The Boston Tea Party

1907

The Nine Lives of a Cat

1906

Kathleen Mavourneen

1899

Strange Adventure of New York Drummer

Documentaries
1910

Bear Hunt in the Rockies

 

Fruit Growing, Grand Valley, Colorado

1908

Cocoa Industry, Trinidad, British West Indies

1906

Three American Beauties

1905

Empire State Express, the Second, Taking Water on the Fly

 

Inauguration of President Roosevelt, the Grand Inaugural Parade

 

Inauguration of President Roosevelt. President-Elect Roosevelt, Vice-President-Elect Fairbanks and Escort Going to the Capitol

 

Inauguration of President Roosevelt. Taking the Oath of Office

 

Mystic Shriners' Day, Dreamland, Coney Island

Ads

Ads

 

Opening of Belmont Park Race Course

 

President Roosevelt's Inauguration

 

The Boarding School Girls

 

The Electric Mule

1904

Annual Parade, New York Fire Department

 

Canoeing on the Charles River, Boston, Mass.

 

Circular Panorama of the Horse Shoe Falls in Winter

 

Crossing Ice Bridge at Niagara Falls

 

Elephants Shooting the Chutes at Luna Park

 

Fire and Flames at Luna Park, Coney Island (An Attraction at Coney Island)

 

Ice Boating on the North Shrewsbury, Red Bank, N.J.

 

Ice Skating in Central Park, N.Y.

 

Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships

 

Inter-Collegiate Regatta, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1904

 

Japanese Acrobats

 

Opening Ceremonies, New York Subway, October 27, 1904

 

Skirmish Between Russian and Japanese Advance Guards

 

Sleighing in Central Park, New York

 

Sliding Down Ice Mound at Niagara Falls

 

Treloar and Miss Marshall, Prize Winners at the Physical Culture Show in Madison Square Garden

 

White Star S.S. Baltic Leaving Pier on First Eastern Voyage

1903

'Africander' Winning the Suburban Handicap, 1903

 

69th Regiment, N.G.N.Y.

 

An East River Novelty

 

Baby Class at Lunch

 

Electrocuting an Elephant

 

Fireboat 'New Yorker' in Action

 

Lehigh Valley Black Diamond Express

 

Life of an American Fireman

 

Miss Jessie Cameron, Champion Child Sword Dancer

 

Miss Jessie Dogherty, Champion Female Highland Fling Dancer

 

New York Caledonian Club's Parade

 

New York City Public Bath

 

Old Fashioned Scottish Reel

 

Panorama of Blackwell's Island

 

Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y.

 

Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant, New York City

 

Steamscow 'Cinderella' and Ferryboat 'Cincinnati'

 

The Physical Culture Girl

 

Throwing the Sixteen Pound Hammer

1902

Burning of St. Pierre (Martinique)

 

Mt. Pelee Smoking Before Eruption (St. Pierre, Martinique)

 

Mt. Pelee in Eruption and Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique)

1901

'Columbia' Winning the Cup

 

Circular Panorama of Electric Tower

 

Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

 

Esquimaux Leap-Frog

 

Pan-American Exposition by Night

 

Panorama of Esplanade by Night

 

Panoramic View of Electric Tower from a Balloon

 

The Esquimaux Village

 

What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City

Short
1914

Hearts Adrift

1911

By the Light of the Moon

 

The Still Alarm

1910

The Cowpuncher's Glove

 

The Heart of a Rose

1909

A Burglar Cupid

 

A Modest Young Man

 

A Persistent Suitor

 

A Road to Love

 

The Doctored Dinner Pail

 

The Pony Express

 

The Star of Bethlehem

1908

A Comedy in Black and White

 

A Country Girl's Seminary Life and Experiences

 

A Sculptor's Welsh Rabbit Dream

 

A Voice from the Dead

 

A Yankee Man-o-Warsman's Fight for Love

 

Bridal Couple Dodging Cameras

 

Buying a Title

 

Cupid's Pranks

 

Fly Paper

 

Heard Over the Phone

 

Honesty Is the Best Policy

 

Life's a Game of Cards

 

Love Will Find a Way

 

Minstrel Mishaps; or, Late for Rehearsal

 

Nero and the Burning of Rome

 

Pioneers Crossing the Plains in '49

 

Playmates

 

Rescued from an Eagle's Nest

 

Sandy McPherson's Quiet Fishing Trip

 

Saved by Love

 

Stage Memories of an Old Theatrical Trunk

 

Tales the Searchlight Told

 

The Angel Child

 

The Army of Two (An Incident During the American Revolution)

 

The Blue and the Gray; or, The Days of '61

 

The Bridge of Sighs

 

The Cowboy and the Schoolmarm

 

The Devil

 

The Face on the Bar-Room Floor

 

The Gentleman Burglar

 

The King's Pardon

 

The Little Coxswain of the Varsity Eight

 

The Lovers' Telegraphic Code

 

The New Stenographer

 

The Old Maids' Temperance Club

 

The Painter's Revenge

 

When Ruben Comes to Town

 

Wifey's Strategy

1907

A Race for Millions

 

Cohen's Fire Sale

 

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

 

Stage Struck

 

The 'Teddy' Bears

 

Three American Beauties (No. 2)

1906

A Winter Straw Ride

 

Daniel Boone

 

Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

 

Getting Evidence

 

How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

 

Phoebe Snow

 

The Life of a Cowboy

 

Waiting at the Church

1905

A River Tragedy

 

Desperate Encounter Between Burglar and Police

 

Down on the Farm

 

How Jones Lost His Roll

 

June's Birthday Party

 

On a Good Old 5-Cent Trolley Ride

 

Poor Algy

 

Stolen by Gypsies

 

The Kleptomaniac

 

The Little Train Robbery

 

The Night Before Christmas

 

The Train Wreckers

 

The Watermelon Patch

 

The White Caps

 

The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog

 

À president-elect Roosevelt

1904

'Weary Willie' Kidnaps a Child

 

A Rube Couple at a County Fair

 

Animated Painting

 

Babe and Puppies

 

Battle of Chemulpo Bay

 

Buster Brown and His Dog Tige

 

Buster Brown and the Dude

 

Buster Makes Room for His Mama at the Bargain Counter

 

Buster's Dog to the Rescue

 

Casey's Frightful Dream

 

City Hall to Harlem in 15 Seconds, Via the Subway Route

 

Cohen's Advertising Scheme

 

Dog Factory

 

European Rest Cure

 

Halloween Night at the Seminary

 

Hold Up in a Country Grocery Store

 

Little German Band

 

Midnight Intruder

 

Miss Lillian Shaffer and Her Dancing Horse

 

Nervy Nat Kisses the Bride

 

Old Maid and Fortune Teller

 

Parsifal

 

Railroad Smashup

 

Section of Buster Brown Series, Showing a Sketch of Buster by Outcault

 

The Cop Fools the Sergeant

 

The Ex-Convict

 

Wifey's Mistake

1903

A Romance of the Rail

 

Buster's Joke on Papa

 

Casey and His Neighbor's Goat

 

Down Where the Wurzburger Flows

 

East Side Urchins Bathing in a Fountain

 

New York Harbor Police Boat Patrol Capturing Pirates

 

Rube and Mandy at Coney Island

 

Seashore Frolics

 

Subub Surprises the Burglar

 

The Animated Poster

 

The Extra Turn

 

The Gay Shoe Clerk

 

The Great Train Robbery

 

The Heavenly Twins at Lunch

 

The Heavenly Twins at Odds

 

The Messenger Boy's Mistake

 

The Office Boy's Revenge

 

The Unappreciated Joke

 

Two Chappies in a Box

 

Uncle Tom's Cabin

 

Under the Mistletoe

 

What Happened in the Tunnel

1902

Appointment by Telephone

 

Capture of the Biddle Brothers

 

Fun in a Bakery Shop

 

Happy Hooligan Turns Burglar

 

Jack and the Beanstalk

 

Little Miss Lillian

 

The Bull and the Picnickers

 

The Burlesque Suicide

 

The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2

 

The Interrupted Bathers

 

The Twentieth Century Tramp; or, Happy Hooligan and His Airship

 

Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show

1901

'Weary Willie' and the Gardener

 

A Joke on Grandma

 

A Phenomenal Contortionist

 

Another Job for the Undertaker

 

Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle

 

Catching an Early Train

 

Execution of Czolgosz, with Panorama of Auburn Prison

 

Follow the Leader

 

Fun in a Butcher Shop

 

Love by the Light of the Moon

 

Photographing a Country Couple

 

Sampson-Schley Controversy

 

Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

 

The Artist's Dilemma

 

The Finish of Bridget McKeen

 

The Martyred Presidents

 

The Photographer's Mishap

 

The Tramp and the Nursing Bottle

 

The Tramp's Dream

 

The Tramp's Miraculous Escape

 

Trapeze Disrobing Act

1900

Panorama of Wreckage of Water Front

 

Uncle Josh's Nightmare

1899

A Wringing Good Joke

1898

Elopement on Horseback

Producer

Screenwriter

Actor

Documentaries
1903

Life of an American Fireman

Editor