William Heise Movies

"The famous parade ground of Metropolitan fashion. Exquisitely gowned women, club men, actresses, millionaires pass by on their afternoon stroll." -...

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman.

Four men at work in a forge. The uses hammers and and anvil to beat metal.

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

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

A graceful performance of the Mikado dance, featuring three Japanese women in elaborate traditional costume. Originally noted for its striking effect...

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

A preadolescent boy, dressed like a street urchin, performs acrobatic stunts for the camera.

The famous show makes a parade.

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

Several men in a basement barbershop become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men...

Vaudeville dancer Amy Muller performs a portion of her stage routine, which features dancing on her toes. She dances on one toe for part of the...

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

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

Former lightweight boxer Billy Edwards, now a trainer and writer of the sport, takes on a challenger named Warwick in an exhibition match. The match...

Two gamecocks are fighting inside a wire cage, while two spectators look on in the background. The two men agree to make a bet on the outcome. One of...

Princess Ali, of Barnum and Bailey's circus, performs an Egyptian dance in the Edison Company's studio. As she dances, some musicians perform in the...

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