Caught by Wireless

Caught by Wireless 1908

2.80

Crime drama involving an Irish couple immigrating to America

1908

The Boy Detective, or The Abductors Foiled

The Boy Detective, or The Abductors Foiled 1908

2.80

As a newsboy is playing a game on the sidewalk with a friend, two men come near to them, and then stand in a position where they cannot be seen from the sidewalk. When an attractive woman walks past them, the two men follow her. Sensing that they have bad intentions, the newsboy follows them to see what they are up to. When his suspicions are confirmed, he tries to come up with a plan to protect the woman.

1908

The Vaquero's Vow

The Vaquero's Vow 1908

3.50

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

1908

A Famous Escape

A Famous Escape 1908

1

A gorilla escapes from its master on a ship, breaks into a young woman's home, and kills her. The woman's fiancé, Jim, who had visited earlier, is framed for the murder by the police. The famous detective Sherlock Holmes reads about the case, investigates, and uses his deductive reasoning (playing the violin, finding the gorilla). Holmes exposes the real killer (the gorilla and its master) and frees Jim just before he's convicted, revealing the true sequence of events in court.

1908

Buncoed Stage Johnnie

Buncoed Stage Johnnie 1908

3.20

This Georges Melies film is one of several to appear in only a fragment form. The film opens up with a title card explaining what happens in the missing parts of the movie. Basically a man wants to give some flowers to a stage star but a prankster instead gives them to an obese cleaning woman.

1908

Unusual Cooking

Unusual Cooking 1908

5.00

A chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human beings, and dance a wild saraband around the place. After performing many unique tricks they disappear into space, and are replaced by a group of knives and forks, pans, kettles and spoons. (Moving Picture World)

1908

Fireside Reminiscences

Fireside Reminiscences 1908

3.50

A broken-hearted husband thinks about the past as he sits by the fireplace.

1908

The Feud and the Turkey

The Feud and the Turkey 1908

2.00

Mack Sennett appears as a member of the Wilkenson clan in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

1908

The White Suit

The White Suit 1908

4.50

The mishaps of a man who steps into the street wearing his brand-new white suit, and who instantly encounters every conceivable insult to his suit's integrity: a coalman bumps into him, a waiter spills food on him, a painter walks into him.

1908

Her First Adventure

Her First Adventure 1908

4.60

A father arrives home, greets his wife and daughter, and then goes inside with his wife. Though they are only inside for a brief time, their daughter wanders off, attracted by the music from a pair of gypsies performing in the street. When the gypsies move on, they take the young girl with her. As soon as the parents realize that their daughter is gone, they begin a frantic search, assisted by the family's loyal dog.

1908

The Fortune Favors the Brave

The Fortune Favors the Brave 1908

1

A young boy's adventure takes him to the domain of the Genie of the Cathedral Bell, where he finds a fortune to enrich his family. The film is currently presumed lost.

1908

The Grateful Mice

The Grateful Mice 1908

7.00

A girl walking in the woods is captured by an evil dwarf. He takes her home and forces her to keep house for him. Thanks to a beautiful fairy and the mice she takes care of, she escapes.

1908

Bizzarrie di una ruota

Bizzarrie di una ruota 1908

1

During an effort to repair a horse carriage a boy grabs the wheel and gives it a push down the hill and towards the city. The wheel turns and turns and causes one accident after the other until everybody runs after it to stop the mayhem. Bizzarrie di una ruota is a slapstick film in love with an object out of control and the confusion it can cause, over and over again in endless variations.

1908

In the Barber Shop

In the Barber Shop 1908

4.50

One fine day at a barbershop that has stupid staff and very rude customers.

1908