A quartet are making merry at a feast, and one of them is so full of liquor that he falls from his chair. At this his companions conceive, a clever plan for some fun. Taking a white fur suit from a wardrobe, they put him into it, and finishing the outfit with heavy white gloves and fitting a hollow bear head tightly over his own, they turn him out of the house resembling an intoxicated Polar Bruin.
When the father of high-born son refuses to let him marry the beautiful seafood seller, she and her brothers determine on a grisly vengeance.
Short reportage
Short reportage
Hélène, the daughter of a wealthy shipowner, receives a letter from Jean, her lover, who wants to see her to find out her father's answer about their marriage. The father refuses and Jean must embark. The father goes to the boat and sabotages it.
Cited as "the first silent vampire film", it is actually a pirate film and has nothing to do with vampires.
A couple of performers perform the big love number from the Oscar Strauss operetta.
Rempailleur is the French word for the person who repairs the wicker seat in chairs, and that's the central joke in this short comedy. A rubber-legged clown carries around more chairs than he can hold, has them stolen and steal other chairs.
Sigmund Liban sings forty second from the prologue to PAGLIACCI in this early sound film.
German Tonbild.
A proud father takes his many children to an outing.
1908 Vitagraph Company one-reel short film.
Although it is very near Christmas, when everybody should rejoice, a sailor bound for a dangerous expedition takes leave of his wife, and the poor woman is seen following with dim eyes the departing ship, her heart apparently heavy with grief. After having cried and prayed on a cross, the grass-widow returns to the farm to resume her duties and takes a sack of wheat to the next mill. The miller, knowing of the sailor's departure, and finding the lass very agreeable and charming, after having seen to the wheat bag, gives his whole attention to the young woman, and he does not seem to mind very much the clumsy advances made by the workingman. They part after a rather excited confab, and have evidently made an appointment for the evening at the church, for it is a Christmas celebration. We follow the two young people in the chapel, then to a bonfire dance, and lastly we see them both driving away in a country cart.
An early account of Marat's murder, and the subsequent arrest, trial, and execution of Charlotte Corday.
Young woman is taken to the faitytale kingdom where gold coins are made.
A short documentary film released in France.
A performer lipsync sings “La Donna e Mobile” from the opera Rigoletto.
Early Brazilian silent film documenting the 1908 Carnival in Rio.
Ready, steady, relay! This newsreel captures the pepped-up mood of the camera-conscious youngsters assembled for the South London Schools Sports event at Crystal Palace in 1908. Judicious editing succinctly conveys the excitement of the relay race as the competitors traverse the "finest and safest running track" - as a contemporary newspaper article described the Edwardian sports facility.
Actuality segment showing King Gustaf V’s visit to Ystad on 10 July 1908. Footage includes his arrival in a landau with white horses, interactions with local dignitaries, parade of military, crowds by the train station, and waving farewell as he departs.
