1908 Movies

A wealthy old alchemist and inventor has just perfected a motion picture camera with which he hopes to revolutionize the art of animated photography,...

A family goes to a photographer. The photographer pushes the boy around, and no one seems to care. The boy gets his revenge.

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...

Magic tricks in a medieval setting.

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 ke...

A nightmare, sketched out upon a living blackboard.

An actor tries to get to a show on time. Many mishaps along the way.

Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.

The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks fo...

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

Early Balkan footage.

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

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

The Proposal: The gentleman burglar walking with his lady love. They admire the grandeur and beauty of nature. He proposes and she accepts. She does n...

A castaway returns home after years lost at sea, to the wife and child he left behind. Has she waited faithfully or has she moved on?

One fine day at a barbershop that has stupid staff and very rude customers.

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.

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...