1908 Movies

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...

The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered.

An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.

Georges Melies' film has a new guy showing up in a store on his first day and he obviously just doesn't fit in as he makes one mistake after another.

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

On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing.

A one-armed street peddler notices that a well-to-do man has dropped his ring. He returns it to him. The wealthy man is very grateful and, to show his...

Stenka Razin is the leader of a group of outlaws who live a life of revelry and carousing along the Volga River and in the nearby forests. When Razin...

Two students at college were friends until a girl appeared and by the workings of fate was beloved by both. The girl has given her heart to one of the...

A young boy’s toys come to life through animation.

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...

Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel f...

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

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...

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

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

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...

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just...

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.