25 September 1908 Comedy 8 mins
After his wife receives an extravagant dress, a man find himself the victim of an attempted burglary; He hides in his fireplace, which is then fired. The police arrive and pursue the man, now covered in soot. He jumps onto the roof below his, landing two dandies into a trough of paint.
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John R. Cumpson as Mr. Bibbs
Florence Lawrence as Mrs. Bibbs
Mack Sennett as Man in Top Hat
Linda Arvidson as Maid
George Gebhardt as Man in Top Hat
Robert Harron as Messenger
Arthur V. Johnson as Policeman
Harry Solter as Maid's Accomplice
Kate Toncray as Mother
United States 25 September 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
24 January 1908
When the entire kitchen staff falls asleep from exhaustion, a dwarf appears and animates various objects via stop motion -- including their hands, which he cuts off while they snooze -- to do their work.
21 March 1908
Crime drama involving an Irish couple immigrating to America
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.
19 June 1908
A poorly compensated bank clerk is, we may say, to that trying position of "Tantalus" in sight of tons of money but not a dollar of his own.
01 February 1908
Documents one of the most important wrestling matches of the early 20th century between the legendary Estonian strongman Georg Hackenschmidt and the American Joe Rogers.
16 October 1908
The young hero, Frederick, is leaving his country home and going to the city to attend the bull fight, and while there he meets and woos a beautiful maiden, forgetting his own little sweetheart at home.
11 September 1908
A mother works as a dancer to support her ill daughter. One night while performing, the mother has a vision of her child dying.
08 September 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a Native American in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
29 April 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a soldier in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
18 July 1908
A young man is seen entering his room and from the many expressions on his worn face one could not doubt that he is just returning from one grand night with the boys, and is in no condition to be annoyed or disturbed.
25 July 1908
A Seventeenth Century romance in which an eloping couple try to escape the wrath of the girl's father.
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