Directors
16 films in this collection
Collection no. #75313 minEdwin S. Porter
13 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Bandits seize a railway office, stop a train and rob the passengers before escaping with their loot. A rescued telegraph operator raises the alarm,…
Collection no. #102579 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Tess lives with her fisherman father in a settlement threatened by a wealthy landowner. A fishing ban destroys livelihoods, and a violent…
Collection no. #14227 minWallace McCutcheon
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
After overeating, a man staggers home and falls into a nightmare. Furniture moves, tiny figures torment him and his bed flies above the city, leaving…
Collection no. #14828 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A patient dressed as Napoleon escapes from a cell and leads his attendants across a series of obstacles. The pursuit circles back toward the…
Collection no. #14898 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Children hang their stockings and struggle to settle down while Santa finishes his preparations. A sleigh journey brings him to the family's roof,…
Collection no. #14951 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A caricature of Theodore Roosevelt stages a hunting triumph with a photographer and press agent close behind. The supposed display of rugged…
Collection no. #152812 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A gang of children stages a train robbery on a miniature railway. Their bandit poses conceal an appetite for dolls and candy, while pursuing police…
Collection no. #15521 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A man flirts with a woman on a train and expects darkness in a tunnel to favour him. The passengers change places, and daylight exposes a kiss that…
Collection no. #155913 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An American traveller seeks rest abroad and finds a succession of exhausting mishaps. Seasickness, falls, unwelcome adventures and an energetic…
Collection no. #16210 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Mephistopheles interrupts Faust and Marguerite beside a fireplace, proposing an act Faust refuses. A sudden substitution transforms the confrontation…
Collection no. #16621 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Women enter a saloon and attack its bottles and fittings, provoking a struggle with the bartender. A policeman intervenes in the staged confrontation.
Collection no. #16861 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A sleeping artist dreams of a woman emerging from a clock to pose for a painting. A mischievous clown interferes, making the portrait and its models…
Collection no. #16871 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A mourning figure sits beneath images of Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield and William McKinley. A concluding tableau places an assassin before…
Collection no. #16902 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A tramp steals a railway ticket and intrudes on a newly married couple's journey. His unwelcome attention to the bride brings the groom and train…
Collection no. #170510 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A wealthy woman steals goods from a department store, while a poor mother takes bread to feed her children. Both reach the same court, where social…
Collection no. #170711 minEdwin S. Porter
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A railway worker's daughter discovers a plan to derail the train driven by the man she loves. After escaping the plotters, she warns him, only to…