24 January 1908 Fantasy, Comedy 5 mins
A moon-woman shakes a Pierot costume and manifests a Pierot clown. She does this four more until there are five Pierots crowded on the ledge of the moon. They fall to the earth and dance like tops turning one by one into Columbine maidens.
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Los lunáticos Trailer
France 24 January 1908
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02 November 1908
Whirling and frenzied, dances symbolizing life suddenly vanish to give way to macabre circles, evolving in flames and terrifying scenes reminiscent of Hans Holbein's famous Dance of Death in the Basel cemetery.
27 October 1908
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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.
21 December 1908
Everyman Coupeau's attempts to stop drinking are routinely thwarted by the wicked and vengeful Virginie.
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Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.
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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.
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A Saxon prisoner rescues his Viking's captor's daughter, resulting in his freedom and their marriage.
09 June 1908
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