13 September 1908 Fantasy 4 mins
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.
Watch the official The Fairies and the Faun 1908 trailer in HD below.
The Faun Trailer
France 13 September 1908
United States 20 December 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
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.
07 March 1908
Dr Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that changes him into the animalistic Mr Hyde.
28 September 1908
Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.
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.
03 September 1908
In a living room, four contemporary couples from the time the film was shot dance a waltz under the direction of a violinist (Linder).
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.
02 January 1908
A tour of the city of Camagüey divided into three segments - "A visit to Camagüey", "Typical scenes", and "Farewell Camagüey".
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.
01 January 1908
A short documentary about industrial whaling. The surviving footage runs for approximately 12 minutes.
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