The best movies 1908 Pagina 11

Short film about the carnival activities in Mainz, Germany.

Funeral Pomps of Admirals Saldanha and Barroso; tribute from the Brazilian Navy. Views "of the Avenue, full of people"; "army and armada officers,...

Two young ladies, members of a dramatic stock company, are rivals for stellar honors. One seems to have had things her own way for a time, having...

In one of his dreams, Don Quixote is fighting monsters. Having vanquished them, he goes to put on his armor, only to be met with a succession of...

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The film begins with a grandmother reading a story to a small child (played by Georges Méliès's son, André) before tucking him...

This film was shot and developed by Mr. Cazes, sent expressly by Pathé of Paris for the national company that holds film screenings in the...

A woman goes for a walk. She is wearing the latest fashion, a pencil skirt. She bumps into a cyclist who is chasing her. Before long, she is chased...

A Pathé camera slid into the bullring to film the bullfight that day.

Silent film directed by Mario Caserini for the Società Italiana Cines in 1908. It should not be confused, as is often the case, with the film...

A mischievous boy steals the calf's head from a drunk man, who has been sent by his wife to buy it. The boy then places the ruminant's head on the...

In ancient Egypt, a princess is executed after being caught in an affair with a Theban warrior, with her soul sealed inside a vase. Centuries later,...

A mischievous duke comes across a drunkard in a town square, and decides to pull a practical joke. He has the drunkard carried to the ducal palace...

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

The distressing plight of a young man who, dissatisfied with the food his wife serves him, eats horse meat, develops various equine mannerisms, and...

Partially lost film. One of the kings of ancient Thebes enters the abode of an astrologer and demands that he be told his future. The former utterly...

In this picture we anticipate the probable means of navigation in the coming century. A young lady and a friend are observed entering an air-ship....

A Seventeenth Century romance in which an eloping couple try to escape the wrath of the girl's father.

Filmed visit in Peru, at the Tent of San Juan de Dios.

Short reportage

A countryman buys a stubborn donkey and has trouble.