1908 Movies
- 1908

The Greaser's Gauntlet
The Greaser's Gauntlet11908HD
This film with a highly offensive and racist title tells the story of Jose, a handsome young Mexican, who leaves his home in the Sierra Madre Mountain...
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- 1908

The Assassination of the Duke de Guise
The Assassination of the Duke de Guise5.41908HD
The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered.
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- 1908

Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty4.61908HD
Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The Roy...
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- 1908

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy4.71908HD
Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
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- 1908

Fantasmagorie
Fantasmagorie6.61908HD
An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton a...
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- 1908

The Princess in the Vase
The Princess in the Vase01908HD
In ancient Egypt, a princess is executed after being caught in an affair with a Theban warrior, with her soul sealed inside a vase. Centuries later, a...
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- 1908

Elastic Transformation
Elastic Transformation61908HD
A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.
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- 1908

The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild3.11908HD
George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the college...
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- 1908

The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew4.91908HD
Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.
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- 1908

Excursion to the Moon
Excursion to the Moon5.31908HD
Segundo de Chomón's remake of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.
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- 1908

Betrayed by a Handprint
Betrayed by a Handprint2.91908HD
Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her fiancé....
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- 1908

The Sculptor's Nightmare
The Sculptor's Nightmare4.31908HD
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 brib...
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- 1908

A Very Fine Lady
A Very Fine Lady5.31908HD
Renée Carl stars in this lively slapstick silent short as a beautiful lady who causes distractions and accidents among the male population as she walk...
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- 1908

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice01908HD
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's fath...
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- 1908

Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy31908HD
Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.
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- 1908

Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers71908HD
Francesca, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting at the palace. Her father enters, and together they read a letter from Lanciotto, asking for the hand of Fr...
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- 1908

For a Wife's Honor
For a Wife's Honor1.51908HD
Irving Robertson, a successful playwright, has just received a message from out of town to witness the initial performance of one of his plays. As he...
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- 1908

The Song of the Shirt
The Song of the Shirt3.61908HD
Adaptation of a poem written by Thomas Hood.
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- 1908

King of the Cannibal Islands
King of the Cannibal Islands21908HD
Believed to be the first film to feature cannibals.
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- 1908

When Knights Were Bold
When Knights Were Bold3.21908HD
Two noblemen fight over a lady.
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