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poster The Dwarf and the Giant
The Dwarf and the Giant
1mn - Fantasy, Comedy
A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.
poster Barnum's Trunk
Barnum's Trunk
(3.0/5)
4mn - Comedy, Fantasy
A magician and some assistants put up a series of posters of music hall acts in a frame. Then the magician brings each poster to life.
poster R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
(2.9/5)
13mn - Animation
Set in prehistoric times, this short film was created for the Edison Company by Willis H. O'Brien, a pioneer of American stop-motion animation.
poster Writing Backwards
Writing Backwards
(2.9/5)
1mn -
Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
poster The Tenth Symphony
The Tenth Symphony
(3/5)
94mn - Drama
Composer Enrid Damor knows nothing of the past life of his new wife Eve Dinant : she lived as a debauchee with an adventurer, Fred Ryce. Fred Ryce meets Damor's daughter, Claire, and tries to marries her.…
poster Pierrot the Prodigal
Pierrot the Prodigal
(2.7/5)
65mn - Drama
A example of female fantasy is L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913), based on a musical pantomime by Mario Costa with Francesca Bertini in the role of Pierrot and Leda Gys as Louisette. The young and naive Pier…
poster Move On
Move On
2mn - Documentary
In certain sections of New York City large numbers of Jewish and Italian push-cart vendors congregate so closely along the sidewalks that they interfere with traffic. Policemen keep them moving. The pictu…
poster The Dancing Pig
The Dancing Pig
4mn - Comedy
A pig dressed in fancy clothes flirts with a pretty girl, but she humiliates him and tears off his suit; she then makes him dance for her affections.
poster Perfect Profile
Perfect Profile
0mn -
Brad Johnson is a successful young manager who owns a millions dollar heavy company. He believes the key to his success was trusting in the forecasts of his computers. So he wants to use the same method t…
poster The Average Woman
The Average Woman
(2.9/5)
48mn - Drama, Romance
Reporter Jimmy Munroe is writing an article on "the average woman". He meets Sally Whipple in the library and chooses her as a likely subject, following her around to gather material for his article, and …
poster Penrod and Sam
Penrod and Sam
(3.5/5)
84mn - Comedy, Drama
poster Men Boxing
Men Boxing
1mn - Documentary
Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.
poster Mirages
Mirages
(3/5)
37mn - Drama, Romance
Marianna advertises for work as a reader and is employed by the reclusive millionaire Dymov. Appreciative of her sensitive, artistic nature, and of her youthful innocence and purity, Dymov is protective o…
poster Artistic Creation
Artistic Creation
1mn - Comedy
An artist draws the head of a pretty girl, takes the drawing off the paper and places it on a small table, turning the image into the head of a real woman. He then continuous drawing the lady, one body pa…
poster His First Flame
His First Flame
(2.9/5)
45mn - Comedy
Fire chief Amos McCarthy, a confirmed misogynist, counsels his nephew Harry Howells to avoid matrimony at all costs. Still, the lovestruck Harry is determined to marry his sweetheart Ethel. All that chang…
poster The Monster
The Monster
2mn - Fantasy, Horror
An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the base of the sphinx.
poster Band Drill
Band Drill
1mn - Documentary
A scene from Charles Hoyt's 'A Milk White Flag': A brass band marches out, led by bandmaster Steele Ayers. When Ayers reaches his position, he turns around and directs the musicians as they take up their …
poster Fencing
Fencing
1mn - Documentary
Early Edison short showing two men fencing.
poster The Imperceptible Transmutations
The Imperceptible Transmutations
2mn -
This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.
poster Photograph
Photograph
1mn - Comedy
A photographer has his camera all set up to take a gentleman's picture. The subject checks his face in a hand mirror, and the photographer poses him. Just as the photographer is about to take the picture,…
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