Edwin S. Porter

Lost Illusions

A marital romance in which a married artist woos the wife of another man.…

On the Brink

A 1911 silent drama film written and directed by Edwin S. Porter and Lois Weber. Starring Lois Weber…

A Heroine of '76

During the American Revolution, an innkeeper's daughter learns of a plot to assassinate George Washi…

The Lighthouse by the Sea

The old lighthouse keeper lives peacefully with his two daughters, who are both engaged to fisherman…

Sherlock Holmes, Jr.

Little Sherlock Holmes, Jr., reads the doughty doings of his hero-god, and at once determines to bec…

The Price

Pretty Ann, and Joe, the hostler, one day chance to meet. Strong is Joe, and simple, and Ann is shy …

Russia, the Land of Oppression

The Attack on the Mill

First, the eye is introduced to the old mill itself, with a gay betrothal party in progress, and lau…

His Mother's Thanksgiving

This holiday-themed melodrama released by Edison Studios in 1910 concerns Robert, a young man who le…