25 December 1908 Comedy 8 mins
Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his long-suffering wife. In this film, Jones rips his suit pants and chaos ensues.
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John R. Cumpson as Mr. Jones
Florence Lawrence as Mrs. Jones
Mack Sennett as Butler / Policeman
George Gebhardt as Man in Blackface / Guest at Ball
Charles Inslee as Guest at Ball
Arthur V. Johnson as Guest
Jeanie Macpherson as Guest at Ball
Harry Solter as Guest at Ball
Marion Sunshine as Guest
United States 25 December 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
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.
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.
19 April 1908
Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.
01 December 1908
Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
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.
25 April 1908
A poor family, suffering from a lack of food, plan to sell their dog to gain some extra income. Before they act on their plan, the dog discovers some buried jewels.
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.
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.
25 October 1908
Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.
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.
03 November 1908
A short film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was the first film to dramatize the ill-fated romance between Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
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