Movies 1908 Page 7

Renée Carl stars in this lively slapstick silent short as a beautiful lady who causes distractions and accidents among the male population as she...

On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing.

A gang of outlaws are planning a bank robbery. After making preparations, they commit the robbery and make their escape amidst a sharp exchange of...

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

A pickpocket manages to escape the police through a series of fantastic tricks. The director in this film is unknown.

It is often said there is honor among thieves, but not so, as we shall see in this story. Two denizens of the underworld are seen in their squalid...

A tour of the city of Camagüey divided into three segments - "A visit to Camagüey", "Typical scenes", and "Farewell Camagüey".

This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events. An elderly miser...

Adaptation of a poem written by Thomas Hood.

Believed to be the first film to feature cannibals.

This thrilling story of the days of '61 and '65 shows a scene in the woods and our hero doing sentry duty. His work has been tiresome, his strength...

L. Frank Baum would appear in a white suit and present his live actors, slide shows and films as a live travelogue presentation of his popular...

An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.

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

A lost film. Scrooge goes into his office and begins working. His nephew, along with three women who wish for Scrooge to donate enter. However,...

Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a...

Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.

A countryman buys a stubborn donkey and has trouble.

Two students at college were friends until a girl appeared and by the workings of fate was beloved by both. The girl has given her heart to one of...

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...

A poorly compensated bank clerk is, we may say, to that trying position of "Tantalus" in sight of tons of money but not a dollar of his own. This...

An old man attempts to hang a picture on the wall and asks for a step-ladder. His assistant takes a little too long to get it to him.

Distinguished physician and sanitation officer Dr. William Gorgas takes a train ride around Colón, Panama Canal Zone with a companion.

At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and...

A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl...

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...

A boy puts glue in his brother's moustache lotion.

A drunkard has a vision of everything turning into bottles.

A dancer enchants a leacherous king but rebuffs his advances, resulting in his vengeful anger.

Kinemacolor

The Baseball Fan is a Comedy short.

A country girl leaving home for the seminary.

In a British barrack in India is confined a tamed gorilla which has conceived a hatred for one of the Hindoo attendants, owing to the barbarous...

1908 Vitagraph Company one-reel short film.

A drunk dreams that he is carried off to Hell.

A young lady heads to dancing classes and, telling a young boy about it, he decides to join her. Neither show any aptitude or ability and thoroughly...

A man is rude to everyone he meets and is thrown into the river.