D.W. Griffith
'Ostler Joe
Stable hostler Joe loves his wife Annie, but she leaves him and their child for a wealthy…
1908
A Calamitous Elopement
A young couple are enjoying a romantic interlude in the young woman's home, when her fathe…
A Famous Escape
In Civil War days, a soldier is seen leaving his home to join the Union army. Later he and…
1908
A Smoked Husband
After his wife receives an extravagant dress, a man find himself the victim of an attempte…
Natura di donna
The pretty daughter of a French-Canadian backwoodsman incites the love of a trapper who is…
After Many Years
A castaway returns home after years lost at sea, to the wife and child he left behind. Ha…
1908
An Awful Moment
After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leon…
At the Crossroads of Life
At the Crossroads of Life is a typically Victorian-style melodrama in which a girl's wishe…
At the French Ball
A husband finishes packing a suitcase, and then says good-bye to his wife. As soon as he i…
1908
Balked at the Altar
A woman who is filled with romantic ideas is making no secret of her eagerness to find a h…
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
A mother works as a dancer to support her ill daughter. One night while performing, the mo…
1908
Betrayed by a Handprint
Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presen…
Caught by Wireless
Crime drama involving an Irish couple immigrating to America
Classmates
Two students at college were friends until a girl appeared and by the workings of fate was…
Concealing a Burglar
Mack Sennett appears as a policeman and waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Compa…
1908
Cupid’s Pranks
After receiving a scolding for falling asleep on the job, Cupid is sent out in search of p…
1908
Deceived Slumming Party
Mack Sennett appears as a policeman and waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Compa…
1908
Falsely Accused!
A wealthy old alchemist and inventor has just perfected a motion picture camera with which…
1908
Father Gets in the Game
D.W. Griffith film about an elderly father who grows tired of seeing his son bring home be…
For a Wife's Honor
Irving Robertson, a successful playwright, has just received a message from out of town to…
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
La sua prima avventura
A father arrives home, greets his wife and daughter, and then goes inside with his wife. T…
Hulda's Lovers
Hulda is a maiden fair to look upon. Her artless rustic simplicity, rivaling Hebe's gorgeo…
1908
Ingomar, the Barbarian
Mack Sennett appears as a barbarian in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
King of the Cannibal Islands
Believed to be the first film to feature cannibals.
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…
1908
Mr. Jones at the Ball
Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popula…
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…
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…
1908
Romance of a Jewess
This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portra…
1908
Le avventure di Dollie
On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on…
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
A gang of lawless freebooters who terrorized the country and made travel in the mountains…