22 September 1908 Drama 9 mins
A group of collegiates decide to go for a splash. A lunatic, having escaped from a nearby asylum, heads for the surf, brandishing a knife. Innocent seaside fun becomes a struggle against a maniac on the water.
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Arthur V. Johnson as Tom Hudson
Linda Arvidson as Alice Fairchild
Charles Inslee as The Villain
Edward Dillon as Policeman
Mack Sennett as Policeman
George Gebhardt as At the Beach / Assaulted Man
Robert Harron as On Boardwalk
Florence Lawrence as At the Beach
Harry Solter as At the Beach
D.W. Griffith Director
Stanner E.V. Taylor Writer
D.W. Griffith Writer
Billy Bitzer Cinematography
Arthur Marvin Cinematography
United States 22 September 1908
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1908:
09 May 1908
A selection of Hamlet’s most famous scenes are reproduced in this Italian production from 1908.
29 August 1908
King Herod is enchanted by Salome's dance and grants her wish for the head of John the Baptist.
08 February 1908
About an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians, the forced removal by the British of the Acadian people from the present day Canadian Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island - parts of an area also known as Acadia.
08 June 1908
Women turn into roses in this hand-coloured nitrate short from Gaumont.
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.
03 April 1908
A pickpocket manages to escape the police through a series of fantastic tricks. The director in this film is unknown.
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.
24 January 1908
An excellent reproduction of the world-famed riders of Russia in their various stunts and acrobatic feats while on their thoroughbred horses.
28 September 1908
Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.
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