After an altercation two men exchange cards, an invitation to adjudicate their differences on the field of honor. The seconds make all arrangements and at the appointed hour, the combatants appear. Both, however, are possessed of mortal fear and their aim is so uncertain that after numerous attempts and trials of various forms of weapons the seconds cheerfully call the match a draw.
Watch the official Timid Duellers 1908 trailer in HD below.
Timid Duellers Trailer
Italy 10 October 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
18 November 1908
A woman falls asleep on a park bench. The Devil appears and summons an imp who takes the woman to his fantastic lair.
08 March 1908
The first scene shows part of Flint's old pirate crew, with one-legged John Silver in the lead. They have discovered the hiding place of Billy Bones, the mate of Flint's ship, the "Walrus," and they send Black Dog, one of the crew, to tip Billy Bones to the "black spot" at the Admiral Ben Bow Inn; but Billy Bones drives Black Dog away, and will have nothing to do with him.
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.
23 May 1908
A man in civil clothes, and three men in army uniforms are inspecting seven women to be recruited.
06 October 1908
The mishaps of a man who steps into the street wearing his brand-new white suit, and who instantly encounters every conceivable insult to his suit's integrity: a coalman bumps into him, a waiter spills food on him, a painter walks into him.
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 October 1908
Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.
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.
29 August 1908
King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.
03 August 1908
It depicts the notorious criminal incident that had occured in Rio de Janeiro.
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