Movies 1894 Page 2

Long before Hollywood started painting white men red and dressing them as 'Injuns' Edison's company was using the genuine article! Featuring for what...

Lost film from 1894, directed by William K.L. Dickson.

Three sisters dance the Mikado in this very early film from the Edison company.

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...

Annabelle Dances in William K.L. Dickson's 1894 short film

Eugen Sandow, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, appears in the Edison Company's film studio.

Luis Martinetti, a contortionist suspended from acrobatic flying rings, contorts himself for about thirty seconds. This is one of the first films...

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.

A referee and five fans (including a waiter in his apron) look on as two young men box. The dark-haired, slightly taller boxer throws a right and the...

"Said to be the Champion High Kicker of the World."

Two Mexican men duel with knives.

“A scene representing Southern plantation life before the war. A jig and a breakdown by three colored boys.”

The Glenroy Brothers perform a portion of their vaudeville act, "The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp & the Athlete".

Champion Lasso Thrower Vicente Oropeza (aka. Vincente Ore Passo/Bisento Orapeso/Vincenti Orapazza) shows his skills.

"Showing the wind-up of a political discussion. Dramatis personae: A Democrat, a Republican, a Bar Maid, and a Policeman."

"A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films)

The film was about a group of Polish ice skaters at the slide of the Warsaw Ice Skating Society. The film was filmed using a pleograph which was an...

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

Early Edison film.

Bears that are trained.

Sequel to Rats Killing from 1894

1894 black and white short by Georges Demenÿ depicting a woman in a dress sitting in a chair and blowing a kiss towards the camera.

Early short film.

Sequel to Rats and Terrier No. 2

Sequel to the Rats and Terrier series