1908 Movies

A silent short about a Sioux Indian by D.W. Griffith.

“The barbaric negro inhabitants of an African village are shown in their various forms of activity, the first view being a photograph of a number of c...

A painter boards a train and puts his paintings in the windows so that they look like passengers.

Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie. Based on Zola's novel, Capellani's film is ab...

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

This one-reeler has been regarded as a classic example of a Griffith thriller. It engages with the Chinese White slave traffic from the perspective of...

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

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

Magic tricks in a medieval setting.

Mack Sennett appears as a man in the bar in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

A good shepherdess is persecuted by an evil, tantrum-throwing princess. A good fairy decides to intervene, and dishes out quite a bit of retribution.

French short about King Francis I and his jester Triboulet, who form the basis for Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse (and Verdi's opera Rigoletto).

A moon-woman shakes a Pierot costume and manifests a Pierot clown. She does this four more until there are five Pierots crowded on the ledge of the mo...

Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The Roy...

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

Mack Sennett appears as a charity worker in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Hulda is a maiden fair to look upon. Her artless rustic simplicity, rivaling Hebe's gorgeous radiance, phlogisticates the susceptible hearts of the vi...