Arrival of the Christian Slaves: The captives are brought before Nero. He chooses one fair maiden to serve in his palace. The others are condemned to death for a Roman holiday.
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United States 22 April 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
23 May 1908
A man in civil clothes, and three men in army uniforms are inspecting seven women to be recruited.
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.
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 December 1908
A mixture of stop-motion and live action film from Émile Cohl with tin soldiers, children's drawings and cannibals in blackface.
21 December 1908
Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie.
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.
13 September 1908
This is an incomplete fragment of a longer film, so doesn’t make much sense, but it’s very beautiful and colourful with plenty of fireworks, flames and fountains as well as the customary fairies, magic and dancing.
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.
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.
07 November 1908
Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel from a spell, and also meets the savage Caliban.
19 April 1908
Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.
03 August 1908
It depicts the notorious criminal incident that had occured in Rio de Janeiro.
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