1908 Movies

A young woman (Linda Arvidson) is kidnapped by a band of opportunistic Chinese slavers, led by devious Pong Lee (Harry Solter). A resourceful female p...

Lost Polish comedy short from 1908. Not to be confused with the 1916 remake of which a small portion survives.

Policemen singing a song.

Actuality film showing Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, and Princess Maria Pavlovna arriving in Stockholm in 1908. Scenes may include arrival at...

This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portrayed here with sympathy and sentimentality. The melodramatic...

In this comedy we see a fellow giving orders to the cook to put plenty of garlic in his food, and she complies with his wishes by giving everything an...

The miller's three sons receive their father's inheritance: the mill to the eldest, the donkey to the second, and the cat to the youngest. The two bro...

Yannic, the farmer, falls asleep at the foot of the enchanted Dolmen despite his friends' recommendations, and is soon prey to the most fantastic nigh...

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...

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.

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...

Pompeii 79AD, mere days before the Vesuvian eruption. Glaucus and Jone are in love with each other. Arbaces, the Egyptian High Priest, is determined t...

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

There's a chemistry lab, in which one or two people ingest the wrong drug -- apparently -- and have a seriously bad trip. Then there's this wizard in...

A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies aw...

A selection of Hamlet’s most famous scenes are reproduced in this Italian production from 1908.

The Pathé cinema company screened new films shot in the capital.

The silent Spanish version of the story of Don Juan Tenorio.

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