Movies: Thomas A Edison Inc

  • 1917
    The Tell-Tale Step

    The Tell-Tale Step (1917)

    The Tell-Tale Step

    01917HD

    Giovanni Pallazzi, a former member of the Black Hand, an Italian criminal organization, comes to America with his blind daughter Lucia and prospers. Hearing of his success, his former associates demand that he aid in their support...

    The Tell-Tale Step
  • 1917
    The Light in Darkness

    The Light in Darkness (1917)

    The Light in Darkness

    01917HD

    Bank cashier Ramsey Latham is sentenced to prison for violation of the banking laws. On his way to the penitentiary, he encounters Hilary Kenyon, a young girl who speaks encouragingly to him. Later he is surprised to discover that Hilary is also a pr...

    The Light in Darkness
  • 1917
    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.

    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C. (1917)

    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.

    5.81917HD

    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....

    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
  • 1917
    The Law of the North

    The Law of the North (1917)

    The Law of the North

    61917HD

    When Edith Graham returns from school to live with her father, Lieutenant Graham, at a Northwest Mounted Police post in Hudson's Bay, she finds herself courted by two suitors, Corporal John Emerson and Reginald Annesley, the latter of whom is a wealt...

    The Law of the North
  • 1917
    Where Love Is

    Where Love Is (1917)

    Where Love Is

    01917HD

    A six-part adaptation of William J. Locke's novel "Where Love Is."...

    Where Love Is
  • 1917
    One Touch of Nature

    One Touch of Nature (1917)

    One Touch of Nature

    5.21917HD

    Bill Cosgrove, a hot new rookie for the New York Giants, hits a cold streak during the deciding game of the World's Series....

    One Touch of Nature
  • 1918
    The Spoiled Girl

    The Spoiled Girl (1918)

    The Spoiled Girl

    01918HD

    James Montgomery Flagg first draws his sketch of the girl, and then tearing it from its frame reveals the real girl lounging in bed with the pouting expression which is her wont. Then we are treated to an exposé of her various moods and selfish acts....

    The Spoiled Girl
  • 1915
    Gladiola

    Gladiola (1915)

    Gladiola

    01915HD

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    Gladiola
  • 1911
    The Battle of Trafalgar

    The Battle of Trafalgar (1911)

    The Battle of Trafalgar

    01911HD

    The Battle of Trafalgar is a possibly lost 1911 American silent docudrama film that portrayed the 1805 victory of Great Britain’s Royal Navy over the combined naval forces of France and Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. The death of British Vice-Admi...

    The Battle of Trafalgar
  • 1917
    The Luck of Roaring Camp

    The Luck of Roaring Camp (1917)

    The Luck of Roaring Camp

    01917HD

    The story takes place in a small struggling mining town located in the foothills of the California mountains at the time of the gold rush. The camp is suffering from a long string of bad luck. With only one woman in their midst, it seems as though th...

    The Luck of Roaring Camp
  • 1897
    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park (1897)

    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park

    3.41897HD

    Great horse racing on the famous Hartford track, showing start and finish of a 2.04 3/4 heat run by the fastest harness horse in the world, John R. Gentry....

    Free-for-All race at Charter Oak Park
  • 1897
    Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9

    Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9 (1897)

    Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9

    3.61897HD

    The wharf is crowded with live stock, and the huge derrick slowly drops the large box or sling into the bunch. Into this cradle a horse is led, and is slowly hoisted and swung over to the deck of the steamer. This picture is taken ten minutes before ...

    Horses loading for Klondike, no. 9
  • 1917
    The Last Sentence

    The Last Sentence (1917)

    The Last Sentence

    01917HD

    George Crosby, a New York lawyer, with a passion for painting, wearied of his legal duties, sails for Brittany, where he meets Renée Kerouac, a fisher-maiden, and sketches her as a Corregan, a fairy who destroys the men who refuse her love. Hoel Kall...

    The Last Sentence
  • 1897
    Falls of Minnehaha

    Falls of Minnehaha (1897)

    Falls of Minnehaha

    4.21897HD

    The 'Laughing Waters' of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' A beautiful view of this picturesque and celebrated waterfall....

    Falls of Minnehaha
  • 1897
    Launch of Surf Boat

    Launch of Surf Boat (1897)

    Launch of Surf Boat

    11897HD

    The crew of seven dressed in cork jackets, push the boat through the surf; they clamber in and row out to the wreck. 50 ft....

    Launch of Surf Boat
  • 1897
    Launch of Life Boat

    Launch of Life Boat (1897)

    Launch of Life Boat

    3.21897HD

    This Edison short delivers everything the title says. In 24-seconds we see a boat being lowered into the water led by Capt. Joseph Hodgson. The boat is put into the water and it quickly disappears out of frame on a drill helping them prepare for a re...

    Launch of Life Boat
  • 1912
    The Usurer's Grip

    The Usurer's Grip (1912)

    The Usurer's Grip

    4.51912HD

    Here with the Edison Company -- most notably Charles Ogle as the usurer -- we see a 'typical' case of the victims of usury. Although offered as a 'realistic' view of the effects of usury, it veers frequently into melodrama....

    The Usurer's Grip
  • 1917
    Knights of the Square Table

    Knights of the Square Table (1917)

    Knights of the Square Table

    01917HD

    A troop of Boy Scouts meet a gang of young boys who start a fist fight. The Boy Scouts win and the gang decides they are not so bad after all and join up....

    Knights of the Square Table
  • 1897
    Buffalo Stockyards

    Buffalo Stockyards (1897)

    Buffalo Stockyards

    3.51897HD

    From Edison films catalog: A long line of horses, mules and ponies are led, driven and ridden into the yards, where they are sold and distributed....

    Buffalo Stockyards
  • 1904
    Parade, Fiftieth Anniversary, Atlantic City, N.J.

    Parade, Fiftieth Anniversary, Atlantic City, N.J. (1904)

    Parade, Fiftieth Anniversary, Atlantic City, N.J.

    01904HD

    Shows a parade held in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of Atlantic City in 1854. Includes views of patriotic floats, a U.S. Army Drum and Bugle Corps, and the men and equipment of the Atlantic City Fire Department....

    Parade, Fiftieth Anniversary, Atlantic City, N.J.