Movie
Hong Kong Wharf Scene (1900)
Hong Kong Wharf Scene IMDb TMDBChinese passengers make their way down the wharf. Two chair bearers are soliciting fares, but without any success.
James H. White — Director (86)
Movie
Panoramic View Near Mt. Golden on the Canadian Pacific R. R. (1902)
Panoramic View Near Mt. Golden on the Canadian Pacific R. R. IMDb TMDBHere we present to the audience a subject taken near Mt. Golden, on which will thoroughly please all who are lovers of scenery. One minute you are running straight to the mountain of rock, and then when you expect to be dashed into it, suddenly turn and skirt the very side of this mountain over trestles, bridges, and finally stop where in front of you can be seen Mt. Hector at a distance of about twelve miles. In this film we present a most exciting ride on the engine of a Canadian Pacific R. R. train, and also afford the audience a most beautiful panoramic view.
Movie
A Wringing Good Joke (1899)
A Wringing Good Joke WikiData IMDb TMDB"Grandpa sits nodding in his armchair in the kitchen, where a sout, jolly washerwoman is washing clothes. While the woman leaves the tub to talk to a book agent, a small boy enters, and ties grandpa's chair to a towel which is hanging over the tub. The washerwoman begins vigorously wringing the clothes. The towel is drawn into the wringer, and as grandpa is sitting with his feet on the stove and the chair tilted back, a collision is brought about by the towel pulling grandpa and the tub together. This is a crowning success as a comic picture."—Edison Catalog
Movie
104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway (1899)
104th Street Curve, New York, Elevated Railway IMDb TMDBTaken from the front platform of a special train run backward over this celebrated S curve. Not only are the passing trains and crowded platforms of great interest, but the view of uptown New York is an excellent one, showing acre upon acre of roofs, towers, steeples and towering apartment houses. As the 'special' slows up at 92nd street, a Harlem express dashes by, the engineer leaning out of his cab, and waving a good-bye.
Movie
Arabian Gun Twirler (1899)
Arabian Gun Twirler IMDb TMDB
James H. White
actor:
Hadji Cheriff
"An interesting exhibit by Hadji Cheriff, of the original Midway Plaisance. Twirls his rifle over his shoulder, behind back, under leg, both hands and one hand."
Movie
Grandma and the Bad Boys (1900)
Grandma and the Bad Boys WikiData IMDb TMDBTwo bad boys enter the kitchen. One climbs to the kitchen table and takes down the old lamp, the other goes to the flour barrel and scoops out some flour, pouring it into the chimney until it is filled to the top. The lamp is then replaced in the bracket. Grandma enters, scratches a match, removes the lamp chimney, when the flour falls upon her head. It sticks in her hair and fills her eyes, but this is where she turns the tables.
Movie
Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School (1900)
Gymnasium Exercises and Drill at Newport Training School IMDb TMDBThis picture shows the young cadets going through their daily exercises and drill, and is full of life, and photographically perfect.
Movie
Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition (1900)
Scene in the Swiss Village at Paris Exposition IMDb TMDBThe picture opens with a crowd of Swiss boys and girls dressed in native costumes, marching down the street in this very unique and picturesque village. Each happy and smiling face is clearly shown as they pass the camera. The scene ends by the boys and girls congregating in the square and dancing to the strains of an accordion played by one of the happy villagers.
Movie
A Storm at Sea (1900)
A Storm at Sea IMDb TMDBWhile our photographers were crossing the Atlantic Ocean a most wonderful and sensational picture was secured, showing a storm at sea. The picture was secured by lashing the camera to the after bridge of the Kaiserine Maria Theresa, of the North German Lloyd Line, during one of its roughest voyages. The most wonderful storm picture ever photographed. Taken at great risk. (Edison Films, 1901)
Movie
New Black Diamond Express (1900)
New Black Diamond Express WikiData IMDb TMDBA crew of railroad workmen are busy along the tracks of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. When the Black Diamond Express appears in the distance, they begin to pull back from the rails to clear the way. As the train approaches their work site, some of them begin to wave at it.
Movie
Capture of Boer Battery by British (1900)
Capture of Boer Battery by British WikiData IMDb TMDB1900 film by James H. White
Movie
Why Jones Discharged His Clerks (1900)
Why Jones Discharged His Clerks WikiData IMDb TMDBTwo delinquent clerks are seated in a broker's office engaged in a game of cards. The boss suddenly appears walking through the corridor. The cards are thrown down in great haste and when the employer enters the office the clerks are apparently busily engaged in their work.
Movie
Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar (1899)
Admiral Dewey Landing at Gibraltar IMDb TMDBGeorge Dewey was an admiral in the U.S. Navy who is best remembered for his victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, which he won without the death of a single person in the battle. Needless to say since he was a big hero in this country Edison decided to film him at various stages and release them to make some money.
Movie
Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2 (1899)
Bicycle Trick Riding, No. 2 WikiData IMDb TMDB
James H. White
actor:
Neidert
This Edison short features famed cyclist Neidert performing a series of impressive bicycle stunts on stage, including riding backwards, balancing on one pedal, and rearing the bike onto its back wheel. The film was listed in Edison’s catalog as No. 2, indicating it followed an earlier trick cycling short (now believed lost), and is unrelated to the later British production The Trick Cyclist (1901). Although Thomas Edison has sometimes been mistakenly named as director, he was never credited as director on any films; this short was directed by James H. White.
Movie
Statue of Liberty (1898)
Statue of Liberty IMDb TMDBThe Statue of Liberty in right profile; No people, no flags rippling in the wind, no seagulls flapping past to mar the unmoving image of the Statue of Liberty.
Movie
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola (1898)
Turkish Dance, Ella Lola WikiData IMDb TMDB
James H. White
actor:
Ella Lola
In this movie, dancer Ella Lola performs a Turkish variation of a "Danse Du Ventre", the oriental belly dance. In her dance she shakes, twists and turns around in a very energetic dance. The elements of Turkish folklore can be felt despite the lack of sound as the differences from this and other belly dances are very notorious when her traditional Turkish dress swings in a marvellous way as she dances. Unlike other films about exotic dances, Lola's movies (the other was "Ella Lola, a la Trilby") were of a less erotic nature and more focused on the realistic representation of the dance. A professional dancer since a very young age, Lola's dancing is very graceful and showcases an enormous control over her body.
Movie
Observation Train Following Parade (1898)
Observation Train Following Parade IMDb TMDBNew York City welcome to Sampson's Fleet after the Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba.
Movie
The Fleet Steaming Up North River (1898)
The Fleet Steaming Up North River IMDb TMDBOn Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron...
Movie
Troops Embarking at San Francisco (1898)
Troops Embarking at San Francisco IMDb TMDBFrom one angle, a line of soldiers are shown walking up the gangplank.
Movie
Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce (1900)
Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce WikiData IMDb TMDBThis scene opens by showing a pretty cook mixing bread in the kitchen. Jones comes in unexpectedly from a trip and carries a dress suitcase. He inquires for his wife and is told by the cook that she is absent. Jones is hungry and asks for something to eat. The cook is very obliging and Jones becomes unruly, chuckles the cook under the chin. The cook puts her arms around Jones' neck and leaves finger imprints of flour on his back. This is where the trouble commences. (Edison catalogue)