08 August 1908 Adventure, Fantasy, Romance 5 mins
An old merchant gets lost in the forest and arrives at a magnificent garden where he sits and picks some magnificent roses. Suddenly, the hideous Beast emerges from the ground in a burst of flames and condemns him to death unless one of his three daughters agrees to marry him.
Watch the official Beauty and the Beast 1908 trailer in HD below.
Julienne Mathieu as Belle
Albert Capellani Director
France 08 August 1908
United States 09 November 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
03 August 1908
It depicts the notorious criminal incident that had occured in Rio de Janeiro.
28 September 1908
Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.
27 November 1908
Our picture relates to a crime committed by a Gorilla who escapes from his cage and through circumstantial evidence a young man, whom we will call in our story Jim, is accused and is just about to be convicted.
02 October 1908
Imagine ten pickaninnies turned loose and on mischief bent. Farmer catches one leaving but Nine. Nine Happy Snowballs on a Swing elate.
01 January 1908
A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.
25 August 1908
An Old man is chased by some people. He hits them with his magic sack and they disappear. He is then arrested and escapes by climbing into his sack and reappearing outside the prison walls, he is soon caught again and makes amends by shaking his sack and bringing back those who disappeared.
09 June 1908
Stable hostler Joe loves his wife Annie, but she leaves him and their child for a wealthy gentleman, only to die destitute in London, where Joe's enduring love brings her solace in her final moments.
23 September 1908
L. Frank Baum would appear in a white suit and present his live actors, slide shows and films as a live travelogue presentation of his popular fantasies.
21 November 1908
A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.
29 August 1908
King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.
08 February 1908
About an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians, the forced removal by the British of the Acadian people from the present day Canadian Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island - parts of an area also known as Acadia.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1908 Pathé Frères.