1908 Movies

This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the missi...

A handful of short tales of love, framed by leaf masks.

A young Roman soldier and his sweetheart are embracing each other fondly and making their vows. The next scene shows the public square, where it is an...

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

An excellent reproduction of the world-famed riders of Russia in their various stunts and acrobatic feats while on their thoroughbred horses.

A remarkable early short silent movie that shows what may be achieved with the technology of the day. A woman sits in front of her dressing table mirr...

The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take...

A small village in Aragón, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. After being caught by her father fooling around with Melchor, an unscrupulous womani...

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 costum...

Pathé's version of José Zorrilla's play, Don Juan Tenorio.

Also known as Sherlock Holmes

Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his...

In desperation at her mother's illness and their need of money, a young girl determines to go into the underworld in quest of relief, but a woman of t...

M. Rasta, a high society con man, is accused of a crime he didn't commit.

The first scene shows part of Flint's old pirate crew, with one-legged John Silver in the lead. They have discovered the hiding place of Billy Bones,...

A Segundo de Chomón trick film.

A Boer woman and her daughter are captured by Zulu warriors.

At the beginning of this film two women come onstage dressed in Oriental fashion. They present a shadow play theatre.

Women turn into roses in this hand-coloured nitrate short from Gaumont.

As a newsboy is playing a game on the sidewalk with a friend, two men come near to them, and then stand in a position where they cannot be seen from t...