08 November 1908 Comedy 7 mins
Rempailleur is the French word for the person who repairs the wicker seat in chairs, and that's the central joke in this short comedy. A rubber-legged clown carries around more chairs than he can hold, has them stolen and steal other chairs.
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France 08 November 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
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.
12 October 1908
During an ascent of Canigou, a traveler falls into a precipice, his body rolling to the bottom of the abyss on the glistening snow of the glacier.
01 January 1908
A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.
01 August 1908
A Saxon prisoner rescues his Viking's captor's daughter, resulting in his freedom and their marriage.
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.
17 August 1908
An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation.
25 July 1908
A Seventeenth Century romance in which an eloping couple try to escape the wrath of the girl's father.
17 November 1908
The film portrays the events on the day King Henri III of France arranged for Duke Henri de Guise to be murdered.
02 January 1908
A tour of the city of Camagüey divided into three segments - "A visit to Camagüey", "Typical scenes", and "Farewell Camagüey".
23 May 1908
A man in civil clothes, and three men in army uniforms are inspecting seven women to be recruited.
27 June 1908
An old merchant gets lost in the forest and arrives at a magnificent garden where he sits and picks some magnificent roses.
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