The best movies 1908 Pagina 2

Female magicians turn people into origami roosters and vice versa.

Albert Capellani's retelling of the biblical passage, previously taken to the screen by Ferdinand Zecca in 1902.

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

When the entire kitchen staff falls asleep from exhaustion, a dwarf appears and animates various objects via stop motion -- including their hands,...

Pathé's version of José Zorrilla's play, Don Juan Tenorio.

"The Scarlet Letter" is a story of early Puritan days in New England. Hester, a beautiful young Englishwoman, is sent to America by her husband, with...

During a storm, three characters take refuge in an isolated house. There, invisible forces bring their luggage, clothes and food to life, whilst an...

An Italian adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

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...

Mary Tudor's secret marriage to Charles Brandon and her resistance to the king's plans to marry her off to Louis XII of France.

Actuality film documenting the state visit of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Stockholm on 26–27 April 1908. The footage shows the...

A woman falls asleep on a park bench. The Devil appears and summons an imp who takes the woman to his fantastic lair. After a nightmarish episode,...

A nightmare, sketched out upon a living blackboard.

A silent short about a Sioux Indian by D.W. Griffith.

The Queen Bee and her entourage appear dancing around the hive. Suddenly, a splendid rose rises in a bed of flowers, comes to life and flies off with...

Whirling and frenzied, dances symbolizing life suddenly vanish to give way to macabre circles, evolving in flames and terrifying scenes reminiscent...

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

A family tries to eat dinner, but the table vanishes and reappears, changes shape and location, all in the usual manner laid down by Melies, but here...

A remarkable early short silent movie that shows what may be achieved with the technology of the day. A woman sits in front of her dressing table...

It is often said there is honor among thieves, but not so, as we shall see in this story. Two denizens of the underworld are seen in their squalid...

Irving Robertson, a successful playwright, has just received a message from out of town to witness the initial performance of one of his plays. As he...

Stenka Razin is the leader of a group of outlaws who live a life of revelry and carousing along the Volga River and in the nearby forests. When Razin...