Most Viewed Year 1908 - 6

A housewife tires of her husband's annoying behavior and returns to her mother. At first, the husband is quite pleased to have the house all to...

As a newsboy is playing a game on the sidewalk with a friend, two men come near to them, and then stand in a position where they cannot be seen from...

A gang of lawless freebooters who terrorized the country and made travel in the mountains a hazardous pastime hold up a stylish landau in which are...

A sorcerer turns a small egg into a bigger one and keeps repeating this trick until the egg is large enough to do other things including delivering...

A young woman (Linda Arvidson) is kidnapped by a band of opportunistic Chinese slavers, led by devious Pong Lee (Harry Solter). A resourceful female...

And here is an early success as he puts the viewer in the mood of a little boy, playing with his toys, running them through the paces of his little...

Émile Cohl mixes live-action and stop-motion animation in this charming evocation of the power of imagination. A magician shapes his cane into...

The hero, who fancies himself a ladies' man, cannot resist winking at every comely lass who passes his way. Unfortunately, he winks once too often,...

A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies...

French silent short film by Georges Méliès, presumed to be lost.

A 1908 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès, which is currently presumed lost.

The first cinematic depiction of Jesse James

An impoverished father, with his young son and daughter, begs for food in a marketplace. When a merchant angrily turns them away, their plight...

Mack Sennett appears as a Native American in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Dog Rover, from Rescued by Rover fame, chases a kidnapper's car and while he is in a pub, drives it safely home and thus saves the baby.

The Baseball Fan is a Comedy short.

The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.

A family goes to a photographer. The photographer pushes the boy around, and no one seems to care. The boy gets his revenge.

Young Wilkinson is leaving his dear old mother for a journey to seek his fortune in a foreign clime. Now, the little cottage is situated near the...