Conquest Pictures Company Movie Trailers

Chris and His Wonderful Lamp Trailer (1917)

14 July 1917

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

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

01 January 1915

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.

Prehistoric Poultry Trailer (1916)

01 January 1916

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

The Luck of Roaring Camp Trailer (1917)

04 August 1917

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.

Kidnapped Trailer (1917)

07 May 1917

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.

Down the Old Potomac Trailer (1917)

06 March 1917

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.

Friends, Romans and Leo Trailer (1917)

06 October 1917

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 Magic of Spring Trailer (1917)

31 December 1917

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

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

01 January 1917

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.