A woman who is filled with romantic ideas is making no secret of her eagerness to find a husband. Her father decides to help her by pressuring and threatening an eligible bachelor, who reluctantly allows wedding plans to be made.
Watch the official Balked at the Altar 1908 trailer in HD below.
Mabel Stoughton as Female lead
United States 25 August 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
08 May 1908
Albert Capellani's retelling of the biblical passage, previously taken to the screen by Ferdinand Zecca in 1902.
01 December 1908
Bachelor Reggie writes his uncle that he has a wife and child, but then must produce them when the uncle visits.
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.
08 September 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a Native American in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
13 November 1908
Mack Sennett appears as a Confederate soldier and a Union soldier in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
07 July 1908
Mack Sennett appears in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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.
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.
29 August 1908
King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.
07 April 1908
A gorilla escapes from its master on a ship, breaks into a young woman's home, and kills her. The woman's fiancé, Jim, who had visited earlier, is framed for the murder by the police.
23 May 1908
A man in civil clothes, and three men in army uniforms are inspecting seven women to be recruited.
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