Movies: Thomas A Edison Inc

  • 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
    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
  • 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
    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
  • 1894
    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film

    6.11894HD

    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....

    Dickson Experimental Sound Film
  • 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
  • 1901
    President Roosevelt at the Canton Station

    President Roosevelt at the Canton Station (1901)

    President Roosevelt at the Canton Station

    41901HD

    In this picture we show President Roosevelt and Cabinet standing at the station with bare heads, while the casket of President McKinley is being placed in the hearse......

    President Roosevelt at the Canton Station
  • 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
    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp

    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp (1917)

    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp

    01917HD

    A young man buys an Aladdin’s lamp at an auction and employs the genie to help him see his love....

    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
  • 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
  • 1915
    Gladiola

    Gladiola (1915)

    Gladiola

    01915HD

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    Gladiola
  • 1896
    McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O.

    McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O. (1896)

    McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O.

    11896HD

    This is just at the title suggests. it's the McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton...

    McKinley and Hobart Parade at Canton, O.
  • 1897
    Single Harness Horses

    Single Harness Horses (1897)

    Single Harness Horses

    11897HD

    Shows ten horses hitched to fashionable carts driven past the judges and grandstand to show their style, action and high-stepping movements. Among the drivers, Charles F. (Fatty ) Bates, the noted whip, shows up very prominently. The horses are all o...

    Single Harness Horses
  • 1897
    Fisherman's Wharf

    Fisherman's Wharf (1897)

    Fisherman's Wharf

    3.71897HD

    Shows the wharf at San Francisco, Cal., with a large fleet of fishing boats at anchor....

    Fisherman's Wharf
  • 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
  • 1897
    Buffalo Fire Department in Action

    Buffalo Fire Department in Action (1897)

    Buffalo Fire Department in Action

    4.61897HD

    Ten horse-drawn pieces of equipment of the Buffalo Fire Department pass by a stationary camera that looks down a broad avenue as they come toward it......

    Buffalo Fire Department in Action
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1897
    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago (1897)

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago

    4.21897HD

    The busiest corner in Chicago. Cable cars and street traffic of all descriptions. Hundreds of shoppers. Fine perspective view looking north toward the Masonic Temple....

    Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago
  • 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