Edwin S. Porter
Edwin Stanton Porter (April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) 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), and ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1913).
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Panorama of Riker's Island, N.Y. / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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The martyred presidents / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Sorting refuse at incinerating plant, New York City / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Panorama water front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Panorama of Blackwell's Island, N.Y. / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Unseen cinema. by Edwin S. Porter for Edison Manufacturing Co.
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New York Harbor Police boat Patrol capturing pirates / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Unseen cinema. by Edwin S. Porter for Edison Manufacturing Co.
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Esquimaux village / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Panoramic view of Electric Tower from a balloon / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Esquimaux game of snap-the-whip / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Circular panorama of Electric Tower / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Panorama of esplanade by night / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Esquimaux leap-frog / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Esquimaux village / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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An Edison album : from kinetoscope to nickelodeon in the years from 1896 to 1907 / Blackhawk Films.
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Execution of Czolgosz, with panorama of Auburn Prison / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Before the Nickelodeon : the early cinema of Edwin S. Porter / Film for Thought presents ; a Charles Musser film ; produced, directed and edited by Charles Musser ; written by Warren D. Leight, Charles Musser ; a New York-Hollywood Feature Film production.
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