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Edwin Stanton Porter

Edwin Stanton Porter

American film pioneer (1870–1941)

Edwin Stanton Porter was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company. Of over 250 films created by Porter, his most important include What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City (1901), Jack and the Beanstalk (1902), Life of an American Fireman (1903), The Great Train Robbery (1903), The European Rest Cure (1904), The Kleptomaniac (1905), Life of a Cowboy (1906), Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908), The Prisoner of Zenda (1913), and Tess of the Storm Country (1914).

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 74 films (1900–1915) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1915 SOLD. Famous Players Film Co 3 reels B&W silent
1914 Tess Of The Storm Country Famous Players Film Co 2400 16mm Color sound
1914 Tess of the Storm Country Famous Players Film Co 12000 16mm B&W silent
1914 THE CRUCIBLE. American Film Mfg. Co. B&W
1911 A Night Of Terror Gospel Films Inc 30 min 16mm B&W sound
1911 By the Light of the Moon Edwin Stanton Porter 16mm B&W Sound
1910 IN LIFE'S CYCLE D. W. Griffith 4:00 16mm B&W
1910 In life's cycle D. W. Griffith 17 min B&W
1910 Luck Of Roaring Camp Kimmel Anne 16mm B&W sound
1910 SUNSHINE SUE Biograph Company. 378 16mm B&W
1908 A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm ▶ J. Searle Dawley; Edwin S. Porter B&W
1908 Fireside Reminiscences ▶ J. Searle Dawley; Edwin S. Porter 8 min B&W
1908 Tale the Autumn Leaves Told ▶ Edwin S. Porter 2 min B&W
1907 Cohen's fire sale Museum of Modern Art 15 16mm B&W silent
1907 College Chums ▶ Edwin S. Porter B&W
1907 Jack the kisser Museum of Modern Art 10 16mm B&W silent
1907 Laughing Gas Edwin Stanton Porter 9 min B&W
1907 Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere Coronet 11 16mm B&W sound
1907 The Teddy Bears Edwin Stanton Porter, Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. 16mm B&W silent
1907 The Trainer's Daughter; or, A Race for Love ▶ J. Searle Dawley; Edwin S. Porter 14 min B&W
1906 A Winter Straw Ride ▶ Edwin Stanton Porter B&W
1906 Getting Evidence ▶ Edwin S. Porter B&W
1906 How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game ▶ Edwin S. Porter 5 min B&W
1906 Kathleen Mavourneen Edwin S. Porter B&W
1906 Police Chasing Scorching Auto ▶ Wallace McCutcheon; Edwin S. Porter 3 min B&W
1906 The Terrible Kids ▶ Wallace McCutcheon; Edwin S. Porter B&W
1905 Life of an American Fireman 8 min 16mm B&W
1905 STOLEN BY GYPSIES Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. 4:00 16mm B&W silent
1905 The Kleptomaniac ▶ Edwin S. Porter 8 min B&W
1905 The Little Train Robbery Edwin Stanton Porter 12 min B&W
1905 The Night Before Christmas Edwin Stanton Porter B&W
1905 The Seven Ages ▶ Edwin S. Porter 5 min B&W
1905 The Watermelon Patch ▶ Wallace McCutcheon; Edwin S. Porter B&W
1905 The White Caps ▶ Wallace McCutcheon; Edwin S. Porter B&W
1904 Dog Factory ▶ Edwin S. Porter 4:18 B&W silent
1904 European rest cure. Thomas A. Edison Inc. 4:02 16mm B&W
1904 How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns ▶ Edwin S. Porter
1904 Maniac Chase ▶ Edwin S. Porter 10 min B&W
1904 Nervy Nat Kisses the Bride ▶ Edwin S. Porter B&W
1904 Rector's to Claremont ▶ Edwin S. Porter B&W
1904 Scarecrow Pump ▶ Edwin S. Porter B&W
1903 Rube and Mandy at Coney Island Museum of Modern Art 13 16mm B&W sound
1903 THE GAY SHOE CLERK Thomas A. Edison Inc. 25 16mm B&W silent
1903 The Great Train Robbery Blackhawk Films: Distributor | Edison Studios: Publisher | Indiana University Audio-Visual: Distributor | Mor-Com Communication 11 16mm B&W silent
1903 The Great Train Robbery Edwin Stanton Porter 12 min B&W
1903 The Great Train Robbery Edwin S. Porter 12 min 16mm B&W
1903 The great train robbery Edwin Stanton Porter 12 min B&W
1903 The Great Train Robbery Edwin Stanton Porter 12 min 16mm B&W
1903 The Unappreciated Joke ▶ Thomas A. Edison 00:54 B&W silent
1903 What happened in the tunnel. Thomas A. Edison Inc. 23 16mm B&W silent