Movies: Conquest Pictures Company

  • 1917
    Friends, Romans and Leo

    Friends, Romans and Leo (1917)

    Friends, Romans and Leo

    2.21917HD

    The plot and setting is actually a bit like Keaton's The Three Ages will be in 1923. But less sophisticated: The Roman Emperor Mulius Caesar borrows more money than he should. The loan shark is all over him and exploits this to get near the emperor's...

    Friends, Romans and Leo
  • 1917
    Kidnapped

    Kidnapped (1917)

    Kidnapped

    3.31917HD

    In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats....

    Kidnapped
  • 1917
    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp

    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp (1917)

    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp

    0.31917HD

    A young man buys an Aladdin’s lamp at an auction and employs the genie to help him see his love....

    Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
  • 1916
    Prehistoric Poultry

    Prehistoric Poultry (1916)

    Prehistoric Poultry

    0.31916HD

    A caveman falls victim to a prehistoric prankster, but he is avenged by his pet chicken....

    Prehistoric Poultry
  • 1917
    Down the Old Potomac

    Down the Old Potomac (1917)

    Down the Old Potomac

    3.31917HD

    This fascinating 12-minute documentary from Edison's Conquest Pictures features a man in a small boat being pulled (from a horse on shore) down the Potomac river. From Cumberland, MD, through Washington, DC, this short charts the Waterway and its loc...

    Down the Old Potomac
  • 1917
    The Luck of Roaring Camp

    The Luck of Roaring Camp (1917)

    The Luck of Roaring Camp

    0.31917HD

    The story takes place in a small struggling mining town located in the foothills of the California mountains at the time of the gold rush. The camp is suffering from a long string of bad luck. With only one woman in their midst, it seems as though th...

    The Luck of Roaring Camp
  • 1915
    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy

    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1915)

    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy

    3.31915HD

    Two cavemen, The Duke and Stonejaw Steve, call on Miss Araminta Rockface. The hated rivals fight, and Steve wins when he throws The Duke into a pot of boiling water. A title card introduces a third rival, "our unassuming hero, Theophilus Ivoryhead." ...

    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
  • 1917
    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.

    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C. (1917)

    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.

    3.21917HD

    Set in prehistoric times, this short film was created for the Edison Company by Willis H. O'Brien, a pioneer of American stop-motion animation....

    R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.
  • 1917
    The Magic of Spring

    The Magic of Spring (1917)

    The Magic of Spring

    0.31917HD

    A spring idyll released via Edison's short-lived Conquest Pictures sometime in 1917....

    The Magic of Spring