Most Viewed Year 1908 - 8

Mack Sennett appears as a man in the bar in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Silent film from Georges Méliès, presumed to be lost.

The first cinematic depiction of Jesse James

Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her...

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

A one-armed street peddler notices that a well-to-do man has dropped his ring. He returns it to him. The wealthy man is very grateful and, to show...

Caught off-guard by Indian mutineers, a British soldier saves his last bullet for his daughter, lest she be taken.

A nightmare, sketched out upon a living blackboard.

If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment....

Not much of a plot. A couple is menaced by some sort of bizarre religious cult. Then they're saved.

A handful of short tales of love, framed by leaf masks.

A stop-motion film from Émile Cohl with tin soldiers, children's drawings and cannibals.

L. Frank Baum would appear in a white suit and present his live actors, slide shows and films as a live travelogue presentation of his popular...

After receiving a scolding for falling asleep on the job, Cupid is sent out in search of potential lovers to unite. While flying over a city, he...

The Merchant, the Farrier, and the Roman accompany a mysterious woman into a magical cave full of terrors and wonders.

1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès, which is presumed lost. No English-language release is known for this film,[1] but the...

The pretty daughter of a French-Canadian backwoodsman incites the love of a trapper who is so smitten with the beauty of this wood nymph that he...

Based on the story of "Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault. Titles read: The Christening of the Princess; The Good Fairies Fatal Prediction; The...

Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a...

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...