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poster Carmencita

Carmencita

1mn - Documentary

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. In the film, Carmencita is recorded going through…

poster An American in the Making

An American in the Making

An Immigrant has come to the United States and is sponsored by a relative. He takes him to find employment and show him how the American work is protected by showing different types of safety equipment.

Ashes

39mn - Drama, Fantasy

Dame Eleonora Duse plays a poor woman who, incapable of raising and feed him, leaves her illegitimate son with foster parents. Before she leaves her boy, the woman gives to the child an amulet in order to…

poster As Curas do Professor Mozart

As Curas do Professor Mozart

24mn - Documentary

poster Anna Boleyn

Anna Boleyn

120mn - History, Drama

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.

poster 1776, or The Hessian Renegades

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

10mn - History, War, Drama

During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian family, but is soon de…

poster Salomy Jane

Salomy Jane

88mn - Romance, Western

When beautiful Salomy Jane resists the romantic advances of a young ruffian, she is rescued by Jack Dart, who has his own additional reasons for tangling with the man. Jack fights the ruffian and kills hi…

poster The Fourth Victim

The Fourth Victim

88mn - Thriller, Horror, Mystery

A wealthy Englishman finds his third wife dead. After the police discover that his first two wives had also died suddenly, an investigation is launched. Meanwhile, a new neighbor moves in and becomes very…

poster Christophe Colomb

Christophe Colomb

12mn - History, Drama

An abridged story of the triumphs and trials of Christopher Columbus, told in eight scenes.

poster Frenchman's Creek

Frenchman's Creek

120mn - Drama, History, Romance

Seeking to escape the stifling London court society, the beautiful headstrong Lady Dona St. Columb flees to her family estate on the Cornish coast. Her new freedom swiftly brings her into contact with the…

poster Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Based on the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe: Eliza, a slave who has a young child, pleads with Tom, another slave, to escape with her. Tom does not leave, but Eliza flees with her child. After getting som…

poster Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

1mn - Documentary, Western

Annie Oakley was probably the most famous marksman/woman in the world when this short clip was produced in Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Barely five feet tall, Annie was always a…

poster Dickson Experimental Sound Film

Dickson Experimental Sound Film

William K.L. Dickson plays the violin while two men dance. This is the oldest surviving sound film where sound is recorded on the phonograph.

poster The Sea Squawk

The Sea Squawk

A Scottish immigrant on board ship becomes a pawn in a jewel heist aboard the S.S. Cognac, a three-star liner. Blackie Dawson, the uncrowned king of jewel thieves, and his accomplice Pearl Blackstone, hav…

Carmen

Hot-blooded gypsy Carmen attempts to seduce Don Jose, a lawman sent to thwart a gang of illegal smugglers in Spain. Carmen's plan backfires when Don Jose's passion for the gypsy girl escalates into a jeal…

poster Annabelle Butterfly Dance

Annabelle Butterfly Dance

1mn - Documentary

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly. As she dances, she uses her long, flowing…

poster Touch the Sound

Touch the Sound

99mn - Documentary, Music

A documentary which explores the connections among sound, rhythm, time, and the body by following percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly deaf.

poster McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio

McKinley at Home, Canton, Ohio

1mn - Documentary

“This view was taken upon Mr. McKinley's lawn at his home in Canton, Ohio. Mr. McKinley appears walking across the lawn in company with his Secretary, who hands him a telegram, which he reads with apparen…

Ivanhoe

53mn - Adventure, Drama, Romance

Wilfred of Ivanhoe (played by King Baggot), son of Sir Cedric (played by Wallace Bosco), returns to England from the Crusades in the Holy Land. As Ivanhoe, disguised, discovers that his beloved Lady Rowen…

poster Children of Eve

Children of Eve

73mn - Drama, Crime

An illegitimate child of the slums comes to faith. Later, she chooses to labor in a canning factory in order to investigate its poor conditions, not realizing she has a significant connection to the cold-…

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