The Greaser's Gauntlet

The Greaser's Gauntlet 1908

1.00

Jose, a handsome young Mexican, leaves his home in the Sierra Madre Mountains to seek his fortune in the States. On leaving, his dear old mother bestows upon him her blessing, presenting him with a pair of gauntlets, upon the dexter wrist of which she has embroidered a Latin Cross.

1908

For the Term of His Natural Life

For the Term of His Natural Life 1908

1

Adaptation of a classic Australian novel about life as a convict, this was the third feature film produced in Australian history. It is now considered lost.

1908

The Sheep Stealer

The Sheep Stealer 1908

4.00

A man steals a sheep and is chased by the shepherds and the police.

1908

The Tempest

The Tempest 1908

5.70

Prospero and his daughter Miranda must take refuge on an enchanted island. There Prospero, who himself has magical powers, releases the spirit Ariel from a spell, and also meets the savage Caliban. Then Prospero uses his powers to create a tempest that shipwrecks some of the persons who caused his exile.

1908

Long Distance Wireless Photography

Long Distance Wireless Photography 1908

5.20

Into a photography studio full of large fantastic machines steps an elderly couple. The bearded proprietor explains the equipment and gives them a demonstration: he starts machines whirring, and projects a painting of three women onto a large screen; suddenly the women begin to move. The customers are impressed. First the women sits in the special seat: she's projected onto the screen, and her good nature comes out in the laughing image. Then it's the man's turn, but the machine discloses a vastly different nature in him. Will his reaction threaten our proprietor's inventions?

1908

Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery

Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery 1908

1

Our picture relates to a crime committed by a Gorilla who escapes from his cage and through circumstantial evidence a young man, whom we will call in our story Jim, is accused and is just about to be convicted. Can Sherlock Holmes free him in time? (Moving Picture World)

1908

Sideshow Wrestlers

Sideshow Wrestlers 1908

4.10

A man gets cajoled into working as a sideshow wrestler.

1908

The Dreyfus Affair

The Dreyfus Affair 1908

5.00

In this interesting picture we are given a vivid idea of the principal incidents connected with the Dreyfus case, which caused such a stir in military circles in the year of 1894. Alfred Dreyfus, an officer on the general staff, was charged with selling secrets to a foreign power. He was tried and judged guilty on flimsy evidence, and sentenced to imprisonment on Devil's Island, where he remained for eight years, until his influential friends, who took up his case in earnest, proved it was a plot formed by other officers, who subsequently confessed to having forged the documents.

1908

Le Violon

Le Violon 1908

1

While Monsieur and his friends are making music, a fire breaks out in the apartment. The little girl is saved, but the emotion causes the mother to lose her reason. She is cured only by hearing once again the air that was played during that fatal night. The Gaumont catalogue styled the film, "Très pathétique".

1908

Result of Eating Horse Flesh

Result of Eating Horse Flesh 1908

3.60

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

1908

The Professor's Secret

The Professor's Secret 1908

1

Acting on the Darwin theory, that man descended from a monkey, a scientist experiments towards turning man back to the monkey stage. He inoculates a number of persons with the preparation and after the subjects reach their homes the reversing process begins, and they become monkified. Their antics are uproariously funny. The scientist is unable to turn them back to human beings again, so they are collected in a large cage and places on exhibition. Here they are visited by an ape dressed in human attire. (Moving Picture World)

1908

Grängesberg

Grängesberg 1908

1

Images from Grängesberg's mines. The ore is loaded onto trains and transported to the port of Oxelösund.

1908

María Rosa

María Rosa 1908

1

María Rosa is a Spanish silent film directed by Juan María Codina.

1908