23 September 1908 Factual, Music 3 mins
Here's something a little lighter than usual from the series of three-minute musical shorts produced in Germany from 1906 to. 1910 - twenty years before most people think of the birth of talkies. Instead of serious music, it's a duet from an operetta, THE DOLLAR PRINCESS.
Watch the official Die Dollar-Prinzessin 1908 trailer in HD below.
Germany 23 September 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
14 December 1908
Yannic, the farmer, falls asleep at the foot of the enchanted Dolmen despite his friends' recommendations, and is soon prey to the most fantastic nightmare.
08 June 1908
Women turn into roses in this hand-coloured nitrate short from Gaumont.
29 August 1908
King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.
12 August 1908
In this comedy we see a fellow giving orders to the cook to put plenty of garlic in his food, and she complies with his wishes by giving everything an extra dose of the unpleasant ingredient.
25 July 1908
A Seventeenth Century romance in which an eloping couple try to escape the wrath of the girl's father.
11 November 1908
Two hunters set out on safari with their African guide. They observe zebras, an ostrich, and a hippopotamus, capture a monkey, and camp for the night.
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.
02 May 1908
In this screaming comic is shown the amount of mischief that can be accomplished by one small boy. (Moving Picture World synopsis.
01 December 1908
Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
21 December 1908
A mixture of stop-motion and live action film from Émile Cohl with tin soldiers, children's drawings and cannibals in blackface.
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