Albert E. Smith Movies

  • 1907
    The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines

    The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines

    The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines

    81907HD

    A woman replaces her injured beau on a spy mission.

    The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines
  • 1901
    Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus

    Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus

    Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus

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    In the center of the ring the trainer forms a pile of baskets many feet in height. Greyhounds leap in rapid succession, forming a graceful arch and...

    Leaping Dogs at Gentry's Circus
  • 1900
    Launching a Stranded Schooner from the Docks

    Launching a Stranded Schooner from the Docks

    Launching a Stranded Schooner from the Docks

    4.31900HD

    During the terrific storm all of the light craft along the dock front was lifted out of the water and washed up into the streets, many of them being...

    Launching a Stranded Schooner from the Docks
  • 1923
    The Midnight Cabaret

    The Midnight Cabaret

    The Midnight Cabaret

    6.71923HD

    The Midnight Cabaret is a short 1923 American comedy starring Larry Semon and featuring Oliver Hardy.

    The Midnight Cabaret
  • 1900
    The Clown and the Alchemist

    The Clown and the Alchemist

    The Clown and the Alchemist

    3.91900HD

    Although we are led to believe that the ancient alchemists were all powerful, this picture somewhat reverses the order of things...

    The Clown and the Alchemist
  • 1919
    The Common Cause

    The Common Cause

    The Common Cause

    01919HD

    Helene Palmer and her husband Orrin have grown apart, and she becomes infatuated with bachelor Edward Wadsworth. With the outbreak of World War I,...

    The Common Cause
  • 1898
    Battle of Santiago Bay

    Battle of Santiago Bay

    Battle of Santiago Bay

    21898HD

    Vitagraph’s Battle of Santiago Bay (1898) blended real Spanish–American War footage with tabletop trickery. Albert E. Smith’s...

    Battle of Santiago Bay
  • 1920
    His Jonah Day

    His Jonah Day

    His Jonah Day

    71920HD

    Jimmy, at a fashionable beach, uses binoculars to watch women and falls for a beautiful nursemaid after slipping on a banana peel. His clumsy...

    His Jonah Day
  • 1921
    The Messenger

    The Messenger

    The Messenger

    01921HD

    A chemist who lives with his daughter has invented an explosive which he calls "IT." A masked band seeks to steal the explosive from him, and has...

    The Messenger
  • 1900
    The Enchanted Drawing

    The Enchanted Drawing

    The Enchanted Drawing

    6.41900HD

    A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.

    The Enchanted Drawing
  • 1920
    Hidden Dangers

    Hidden Dangers

    Hidden Dangers

    81920HD

    15 chapter adventure serial: 1. The Evil Spell 2. The Murder Mood 3. Plucked from Peril 4. The Fatal Choice 5. Hands of Horror 6. Springing the Trap...

    Hidden Dangers
  • 1920
    Squeaks and Squawks

    Squeaks and Squawks

    Squeaks and Squawks

    6.21920HD

    A repairman falls in love with a blacksmith's daughter, who's having trouble with their greedy landlord, and helps them get one over on him.

    Squeaks and Squawks
  • 1922
    The Little Minister

    The Little Minister

    The Little Minister

    91922HD

    A Lord's fiancée poses as a gypsy and falls in love with the new minister.

    The Little Minister
  • 1899
    Astor Battery on Parade

    Astor Battery on Parade

    Astor Battery on Parade

    3.71899HD

    The Astor Battery became famous after the Spanish-American war and these young men are on display in this Edison short, which was shot on Saturday,...

    Astor Battery on Parade
  • 1920
    The Trouble Hunter

    The Trouble Hunter

    The Trouble Hunter

    91920HD

    Jimmy makes a chaotic entrance into a café falling through a coal chute, stumbling into a den of chorus girls. Meanwhile, a Salvation Army...

    The Trouble Hunter
  • 1919
    Smashing Barriers

    Smashing Barriers

    Smashing Barriers

    6.51919HD

    When sawmill owner Helen Cole is kidnapped by bandits, it falls on lumberjack Dan Stevens to rescue her, but "Wirenail" Hedges is not willing to give...

    Smashing Barriers
  • 1920
    The Rent Dodgers

    The Rent Dodgers

    The Rent Dodgers

    01920HD

    The roommates live in a boarding house run by a strict landlady. When the landlady arrives to collect the rent, the men hide behind a trick door. ...

    The Rent Dodgers
  • 1918
    Over the Top

    Over the Top

    Over the Top

    01918HD

    The film is based on a book of the same name by Arthur Guy Empey, detailing his service as an American volunteer with the British Army on the Western...

    Over the Top
  • 1900
    Panorama of Wreckage of Water Front

    Panorama of Wreckage of Water Front

    Panorama of Wreckage of Water Front

    51900HD

    This picture shows the remains of one of the docks, several freight cars being piled one upon the other, while the most interesting part of the...

    Panorama of Wreckage of Water Front
  • 1918
    Hindoos and Hazards

    Hindoos and Hazards

    Hindoos and Hazards

    8.51918HD

    Larry Semon comedy.

    Hindoos and Hazards