Movies 1908 Page 17

Two young ladies, members of a dramatic stock company, are rivals for stellar honors. One seems to have had things her own way for a time, having...

Arrival of the Christian Slaves: The captives are brought before Nero. He chooses one fair maiden to serve in his palace. The others are condemned to...

Farmer Pumpkin's pig won the blue ribbon at an exhibition and visits the photographer's to have his prize pig photographed. The farmer, the...

On a bleak Christmas Eve, a destitute, widowed mother named Mrs. Martin fails to find work. Desperate for food, her young daughter Margie writes a...

Two feuding houses are united with the marriage and eventual death of their children.

1908 French silent comedy film directed by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost.

If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment....

Short film from 1908

Footage of a Milan carneval in 1908

The first successful motion picture in natural color, filmed with Kinemacolor. It is an 8 minute short film directed by George Albert Smith of...

Acting on the Darwin theory, that man descended from a monkey, a scientist experiments towards turning man back to the monkey stage. He inoculates a...

Three woman playing a game of catch leads to one of them exposing herself as she gets stuck whilst peering out the window.

A husband finishes packing a suitcase, and then says good-bye to his wife. As soon as he is gone, the wife has her maid help her to dress for a...

A drunkard has a vision of everything turning into bottles.

It is the only known surviving film footage from the 1908 Rodman Wanamaker-sponsored expedition to record American Indian life in the west, filmed...

Crime drama involving an Irish couple immigrating to America

In this picture we anticipate the probable means of navigation in the coming century. A young lady and a friend are observed entering an air-ship....

A Saxon prisoner rescues his Viking's captor's daughter, resulting in his freedom and their marriage.

The 17th century: a rider is dispatched by the king to carry a message to the king's embattled forces in a distant conflict. The messenger is waylaid...

Short reportage