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1908
For Love of Gold
It is often said there is honor among thieves, but not so, as we shall see in this story.…
1908
Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
Francesca, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting at the palace. Her father enters, and together…
1908
Franco-British Exhibition
Originally it was called White City because when it opened, all the buildings were painted…
1908
Get Me a Step-Ladder
An old man attempts to hang a picture on the wall and asks for a step-ladder. His assistan…
Hansel und Gretel
Fairy-tale adaptation.
1908
La sua prima avventura
A father arrives home, greets his wife and daughter, and then goes inside with his wife. T…
Homework and Street Scenes in China
Silent film footage from late Qing dynasty China, depicting everyday scenes.
How Rastus Got His Pork Chop
Farmer Pumpkin's pig won the blue ribbon at an exhibition and visits the photographer's to…
Hulda's Lovers
Hulda is a maiden fair to look upon. Her artless rustic simplicity, rivaling Hebe's gorgeo…
In and Through China: China of the Present Day
These extraordinary views of life and landscape in Beijing were filmed during the last yea…
In Morocco: Tangier
Shots of Morocco, including a harbour town with a fortress.
In the Time of Rebellion
In a British barrack in India is confined a tamed gorilla which has conceived a hatred for…
1908
Ingomar, the Barbarian
Mack Sennett appears as a barbarian in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
James Boys in Missouri
The first cinematic depiction of Jesse James
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
King of the Cannibal Islands
Believed to be the first film to feature cannibals.
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
A Seventeenth Century romance in which an eloping couple try to escape the wrath of the gi…
Leah the Forsaken
Leah, a Jewish woman fleeing persecution in Hungary, arrives in the town and captures the…
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.
Miss Sherlock Holmes
Nell, the boss's daughter, uses Sherlock Holmes' detective work, to choose between the two…
1908
Mixed Babies
Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
Mack Sennett appears as a policeman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
1908
Money Mad
The central figure is an old miser, a Harpagon of sorts, who, like Frosine, stashes his il…
Monkeyland, a Jungle Romance
A jungle travelogue looking for monkeys.
1908
Mr. Jones at the Ball
Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popula…
Mysterious Villa
French film.
1908
Nellie, the Beautiful Housemaid
Comedy short (only fragments remain at LoC)
Nero and the Burning of Rome
Arrival of the Christian Slaves: The captives are brought before Nero. He chooses one fair…
Oh! What Lungs
An emaciated youth calls upon a physician who pumps air into his lungs until his chest is…
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
Mack Sennett appears as a charity worker in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
1908
Over the Hills to the Poor House
The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to re…
Patins à Roulettes
Short comedy about a man who dreams that he runs over everyone with his skates. A man fal…
Professional Jealousy
Two young ladies, members of a dramatic stock company, are rivals for stellar honors. One…
1908
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a t…
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.
1908
Romance of a Jewess
This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portra…