1908 Movie Trailers
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The Magic Table Trailer (1908)
22 January 1908
A family tries to eat dinner, but the table vanishes and reappears, changes shape and location, all in the usual manner laid down by Melies, but here copied by Segundo de Chomón.
The Defilee of Army Orchestra, Carriages and Horsemen Trailer (1908)
18 September 1908
Early Balkan footage.
Grandmother's Tale and Child's Dream Trailer (1908)
23 August 1908
The film begins with a grandmother reading a story to a small child (played by Georges Méliès's son, André) before tucking him into bed.
The Queen's Love Trailer (1908)
17 November 1908
A courtly drama of a bridegroom arrested for being intimate with the queen. To secure his release, his future bride sleeps with his rival.
The Sheep Stealer Trailer (1908)
09 September 1908
A man steals a sheep and is chased by the shepherds and the police.
The Pirate's Gold Trailer (1908)
06 November 1908
Young Wilkinson is leaving his dear old mother for a journey to seek his fortune in a foreign clime. Now, the little cottage is situated near the coast.
The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter Trailer (1908)
24 July 1908
In the lonely wilds of Southern California there stands a rural tavern, kept by an old trapper, who had been widowed years ago; his wife leaving him a most precious legacy in the being of a pretty daughter.
The Göta Elf Catastrophe Trailer (1908)
15 April 1908
Documentary short showing recovery footage of a boat accident in Göta älv.
A Woman's Way Trailer (1908)
24 November 1908
The pretty daughter of a French-Canadian backwoodsman incites the love of a trapper who is so smitten with the beauty of this wood nymph that he purchases her into marriage from her father.
A Calamitous Elopement Trailer (1908)
07 August 1908
A young couple are enjoying a romantic interlude in the young woman's home, when her father discovers them and angrily chases the young man out of the house.
French Cops Learning English Trailer (1908)
26 July 1908
The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.
Le Sérum du singe Trailer (1908)
24 February 1908
Acting on the Darwin theory, that man descended from a monkey, a scientist experiments towards turning man back to the monkey stage.
Where the Breakers Roar Trailer (1908)
22 September 1908
A group of collegiates decide to go for a splash. A lunatic, having escaped from a nearby asylum, heads for the surf, brandishing a knife.
The Kentuckian Trailer (1908)
07 July 1908
Mack Sennett appears in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
A Kind-Hearted Policeman Trailer (1908)
02 August 1908
In this picture we see a man who is vested with authority to enforce the law, but, unlike the usual sort of men occupying the same position, he is so kind-hearted that ofttimes he is governed by his sentiments, and is very indiscreet in meting out just punishment to offenders, He is patrolling in the country, where lawbreakers are not numerous, but once in a while it will happen that somebody is guilty of an act that is not just in keeping with propriety.
Artistic Ragpickers Trailer (1908)
25 January 1908
Two rag-pickers enter their hovel with their bags of scraps. After a little preliminary comedy they set up a white sheet.
La Dolores Trailer (1908)
02 January 1908
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 womanizer, being disgraced and losing everything, young Dolores is forced to take to the roads in search of work.
The Magic Hoop Trailer (1908)
23 November 1908
Émile Cohl mixes live-action and stop-motion animation in this charming evocation of the power of imagination.
The Music Master Trailer (1908)
06 May 1908
What is more miserable than love-blighted life? For the heart that truly loves can never forget. Such is the sad fate of the hero of this Biograph story.
The Vaquero's Vow Trailer (1908)
16 October 1908
Manuella, a wealthy Mexican girl, rejects the honest cowboy Renaldo to marry Gonzales, a dashing but greedy musician.
Money Mad Trailer (1908)
04 December 1908
The central figure is an old miser, a Harpagon of sorts, who, like Frosine, stashes his ill-gotten money in a secret cellar.
Robin Hood and His Merry Men Trailer (1908)
02 July 1908
The outlawed Earl of Huntington took to the woods, as we say in America, and with his merry archers had a good time in Sherwood Forest with winsome Maid Marian and jolly Friar Tuck.
Drama in a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow Trailer (1908)
20 December 1908
Two gypsy lovers sneak away from camp at night. The man proposes, the woman refuses. He then murders her with a knife.
Romance of a Jewess Trailer (1908)
23 October 1908
This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portrayed here with sympathy and sentimentality.
The Boy Detective, or The Abductors Foiled Trailer (1908)
11 March 1908
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 the sidewalk.
The Airship; or, 100 Years Hence Trailer (1908)
25 April 1908
In this picture we anticipate the probable means of navigation in the coming century. A young lady and a friend are observed entering an air-ship.
Classmates Trailer (1908)
01 February 1908
Two students at college were friends until a girl appeared and by the workings of fate was beloved by both.
Chasse en Abyssinie: Chasse au Lion Trailer (1908)
01 January 1908
A lion hunt filmed in 1908 by the aristocrat Hyacinthe Octavie Frédérique Louise Irénée Rolande Pirmez.
The Gallant Adventure of a Provincial Trailer (1908)
01 October 1908
A man picks up a man in drag who robs him. Contemporary press critized it as made with a bad taste and technically flawed.
Falsely Accused! Trailer (1908)
18 January 1908
A wealthy old alchemist and inventor has just perfected a motion picture camera with which he hopes to revolutionize the art of animated photography, and our story opens with the old man in his library studying out the plans of his invention.
Bobby's Kodak Trailer (1908)
10 February 1908
A boy takes pictures of everything, including some embarrassing situations. When he projects the pictures on a wall for everyone to see, his father spanks him and smashes the camera.
Donkey Skin Trailer (1908)
18 November 1908
A wealthy man who possess a magical donkey desires to marry his own daughter. In exchange for her consent, she asks him to kill the donkey, the source of his wealth.
Whimsical People Trailer (1908)
24 January 1908
A moon-woman shakes a Pierot costume and manifests a Pierot clown. She does this four more until there are five Pierots crowded on the ledge of the moon.
A Disastrous Flirtation Trailer (1908)
29 August 1908
The hero, who fancies himself a ladies' man, cannot resist winking at every comely lass who passes his way.
Charlotte Corday Trailer (1908)
06 November 1908
An early account of Marat's murder, and the subsequent arrest, trial, and execution of Charlotte Corday.
The Princess in the Vase Trailer (1908)
27 February 1908
In ancient Egypt, a princess is executed after being caught in an affair with a Theban warrior, with her soul sealed inside a vase.
Oh! What Lungs Trailer (1908)
22 August 1908
An emaciated youth calls upon a physician who pumps air into his lungs until his chest is abnormal in size.
A Christmas Carol Trailer (1908)
09 December 1908
A lost film. Scrooge goes into his office and begins working. His nephew, along with three women who wish for Scrooge to donate enter.
Troubles of a Grass Widower Trailer (1908)
15 February 1908
A housewife tires of her husband's annoying behavior and returns to her mother. At first, the husband is quite pleased to have the house all to himself.
The Planter's Wife Trailer (1908)
20 October 1908
John Holland, a planter in a small way, is devotedly attached to his wife and infant child. The wife wearies of the monotonous grind of farm life and is easy prey of a contemptible villain, in the person of Tom Roland, the ubiquitous "other man".
The Yellow Peril Trailer (1908)
07 March 1908
With the family of Mr. Phlipp there is employed that wrecker of domestic serenity, a pretty French maid, whose trim figure and cherry lips are simply irresistible.
The Prophetess of Thebes Trailer (1908)
11 February 1908
Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future.
The New Lord of the Village Trailer (1908)
22 March 1908
There's a scene in a village, then there's a scene out in the wilderness with what appear to be gods, and a giant crab, and a giant frog.
The Miser Trailer (1908)
02 April 1908
This Georges Melies film is only available in a five-minute fragment. The film starts off with a title card setting up the events.
The Christmas Burglars Trailer (1908)
22 December 1908
On a bleak Christmas Eve, a destitute, widowed mother named Mrs. Martin fails to find work. Desperate for food, her young daughter Margie writes a letter to Santa Claus, noting their top-floor apartment address.
Humanity Through the Ages Trailer (1908)
14 January 1908
An episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907.
A Lover's Hazing Trailer (1908)
23 February 1908
An Innkeeper introduces his young and pretty daughter to a wealthy old man who is in quest of a wife, but she being already in love spurns his protestations.
Only a Dart Trailer (1908)
19 September 1908
Little Johnny is presented with an air gun that shoots darts. He decided to play pranks with it.
The New Maid Trailer (1908)
11 June 1908
A newly-hired housekeeper turns out to be too clumsy and stupid to do her job.
His First Cigar Trailer (1908)
03 March 1908
The film is quite sophisticated for it's time with a relatively large number of scene changes as we follow Max's misadventures.
L'Institut de beauté Trailer (1908)
16 February 1908
A masher approaches a lady on the street who is elegantly dressed, but when he gets near enough to see her face he changes his mind so suddenly that he is glad to get away.
La maison ensorcellée Trailer (1908)
01 January 1908
During a storm, three characters take refuge in an isolated house. There, invisible forces bring their luggage, clothes and food to life, whilst an evil being appears in a painting.