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The year 1908 in film involved some significant events.

Events

Films released in 1908

  • The Adventures of Dollie, directed by D. W. Griffith
  • After Many Years
  • Antony and Cleopatra, directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Charles Kent
  • L'Arlésienne, directed by Albert Capellani
  • The Assassination of the Duke of Guise
  • Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bette) (French/ Pathe)[4]
  • Beauty of the Sleeping Woods, directed by Segundo de Chomon (French/ Pathe), based on the story of Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault[5]
  • Betrayed by a Handprint, directed by D. W. Griffith
  • The Bloodstone, produced by Siegmund Lubin
  • The Castle Ghosts (Italian film)
  • The Cat's Revenge (French)
  • Cave of the Spooks, directed by Segundo de Chomon (French)
  • A Christmas Carol (Essanay Film Co.)[6]
  • Cupid's Prank, directed by Edwin S. Porter
  • The Devil, directed by D. W. Griffith for Thomas Edison Co., starring Harry Solter, Claire McDowell and Mack Sennett[7]
  • The Gambler and the Devil (Vitagraph)[8]
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, produced by William N. Selig, reissued as A Modern Dr. Jekyll; first film adaptation of the 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson novel[9]
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, directed by Sidney Olcott for Kalem Films, starring Frank Oakes Rose, this was the 2nd ever film adaptation of the eponymous 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson novel
  • The Doctor's Experiment (French)[10]
  • The Dog And His Various Merits, produced by Pathé
  • Don Juan Tenorio, directed by Ricardo de Banos and Alberto Marro (made in Spain)
  • Dream of an Opium Fiend, directed by George Melies
  • Dreams of Toyland, directed by Arthur Melbourne-Cooper
  • A L'Ecu d'Or ou la bonne auberge, a French film regarded as one of the first pornographic films
  • Excursion To The Moon, directed by Segundo de Chomón
  • The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays
  • The Fairy's Sword, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon (British)
  • A Faithless Friend, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon (British)[11]
  • Fantasmagorie, directed by Émile Cohl (first fully animated film)
  • Fantoche's Nightmare (aka The Puppet's Nightmare), directed by Emile Cohl (French/ Gaumont)[12]
  • The Flower of Youth (French/ Pathe)
  • Fun with the Bridal Party, directed by George Melies [13]
  • The Hanging Lamp (French/ Pathe) starring Max Linder
  • The Haunted Castle (French/ Pathe) [14]
  • The Haunted House, directed by Segundo de Chomón (French), aka The House of Ghosts
  • Incident from Don Quixote, directed by George Melies (French)[15]
  • In the Bogie Man's Cave, directed by George Melies (French)[16]
  • Legend of a Ghost (La légende du fantôme), directed by Segundo de Chomón[17] – (France)
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, produced by Kalem Co., first ever film adaptation of the 1820 short story by Washington Irving
  • Long Distance Wireless Photography, directed by Georges Melies
  • Lord Feathertop, directed by Edwin S. Porter, adapted from the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Macbeth, directed by J. Stuart Blackton
  • Magic Bricks, directed by Segundo de Chomón
  • The Magic Mirror, directed by Ferdinand Zecca (French/ Pathe)[18]
  • The Man and His Bottle, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon (British)
  • The Monkey Man[19]
  • Moscow Clad In Snow, produced by Pathé
  • The New Lord of the Village, directed by George Melies
  • The Nursemaid's Dream, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon, starring Gertie Potter (British)[20]
  • Oriental Black Art, directed by George Melies (French)[21]
  • Over The Hill To The Poorhouse
  • Pharmaceutical Hallucinations, directed by George Melies
  • The Physician Of The Castle
  • A Poor Knight and the Duke's Daughter (French)
  • Prehistoric Man, produced by Urban-Eclipse Prods.[22]
  • The Princess in the Vase, directed by Wallace McCutcheon, starring D.W. Griffith[23]
  • The Professor's Secret (French/ Gaumont)[24]
  • The Red Barn Crime, or Maria Marten, directed by William Haggar, starring Walter and Violet Haggar (British)
  • The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln
  • Rescued from an Eagle's Nest, directed by J. Searle Dawley, starring D. W. Griffith
  • La Revolution en Russie, directed by Ferdinand Zecca
  • Romeo and Juliet, directed by J. Stuart Blackton
  • The Runaway Horse (Le Cheval emballé), directed by Louis J. Gasnier – (France)
  • The Saloon Keeper's Nightmare (French/ Gaumont)
  • Satan Finds Mischief (French/ Pathe)
  • She, directed by Edwin S. Porter for Thomas Edison Co., based on the H. Rider Haggard novel; starring Florence Auer and William V. Ranous[25]
  • Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery, produced by Crescent Films (made in Denmark); incorporates scenes from Murders in the Rue Morgue by Poe[26]
  • The Snowman, directed by Wallace McCutcheon, starring Edward Dillon and Florence Auer
  • The Spectre (aka The Specter)(French/ Pathe)
  • The Spirit (French/ Gaumont)
  • Spiritualistic Seance (French/ Pathe)
  • Spooks Do The Moving (French/ Pathe)
  • Stenka Razin (Russian) historical drama
  • The Taming of the Shrew, directed by D. W. Griffith
  • The Tempest, directed by Percy Stow
  • The Thieving Hand, directed by J. Stuart Blackton for Vitagraph, starring Paul Panzer
  • Tilly Bébé, die berühmte Löwenbändigerin (Tilly Bébé, the Famous Lion Tamer)
  • Too Much Champagne (U.S./ Vitagraph); features scenes from Dante's Inferno[27]
  • Toula's Dream (French/ Pathe)[28]
  • Trilby (Danish) directed by Viggo Larsen and A.R. Nielsen, starring Oda Alstrup and Viggo Larsen[29]
  • Trouble Of A Grass Widower, starring Max Linder
  • Troubles Of A Manager Of A Burlesque Show
  • The Tyrant Feudal Lord (French/ Gaumont) loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's Masque of the Red Death
  • Un dame vraiment bien (Feuillade)
  • The Wages of Sin: an Italian Tragedy (Vitagraph) an American film
  • Wave of Spooks (French/ Pathe)[30]
  • Wedding Feast and Ghosts (made in Italy)
  • Whaling Afloat And Ashore, directed by Robert W. Paul
  • The Witch of Seville (made in Italy)
  • The Witch's Donkey (French/ Pathe)
  • The Wonderful Charm, directed by George Melies (French)[31]

Births

MonthDateNameCountryProfessionDied
January 10Paul HenreidItalyActor, Director, Producer, Writer1992
10Bernard LeeUKActor1981
11Lionel StanderUSActor1994
12Jean DelannoyFranceActor, Editor, Screenwriter, Director2008
16Ethel MermanUSActress, Singer1984
25Howard WendellUSActor1975
26Dennis MooreUSActor1994
February 4Gwili AndreDenmarkModel, Actress1959
5Peg EntwistleUKActress1932
6Russell GleasonUSActor1945
7Buster CrabbeUSActor, Olympic Swimmer1983
11Philip DunneUSScreenwriter, Director, Producer1992
22John MillsUKActor2005
March 5Rex HarrisonUKActor1990
7Anna MagnaniItalyActress1973
20Michael RedgraveUKActor, Director1985
25Phillip ReedUSActor1996
29Dennis O'KeefeUSActor, Writer1968
April 2Buddy EbsenUSActor, Dancer2003
5Bette DavisUSActress1989
15Lita GreyUSActress1995
19Irena EichlerównaPolandActress1990
24Marceline DayUSActress2000
30Eve ArdenUSActress1990
May 2William BakewellUSActor1993
6Lucien BallardUSCinematographer1988
20James StewartUSActor1997
25Barbara LuddyUSVoice Actress1979
26Robert MorleyUKActor1992
27Lita ChevretUSActress2001
30Mel BlancUSVoice Actor1989
31Don AmecheUSActor, Comedian1993
June 17Frank SullyUSActor1975
July 1Raúl de AndaMexicanActor, Screenwriter, Producer, Director1997
12Milton BerleUSActor, Comedian2002
17Enzo FiermonteItalyActor, Boxer1993
18Lupe VélezMexicanActress, Singer, Dancer1944
August 6Will LeeUSActor1982
13Gene RaymondUSActor1998
30Fred MacMurrayUSActor1991
September 13Mae QuestelUSVoice Actress1998
15Penny SingletonUSActress2003
October 5Joshua LoganUSDirector, Writer, Actor1988
6Carole LombardUSActress1942
22John SuttonUKActor1963
25Tauno PaloFinlandActor, Singer1982
25Polly Ann YoungUSActress1997
December 3Robert KentUSActor1955
3Anna StenUkraineActress1993
11Manoel de OliveiraPortugalDirector, Screenwriter2015
11Sally EilersUSActress1978
13Van HeflinUSActor1971
18Celia JohnsonUKActress1982
20Dennis MorganUSActor, Singer1994
28Lew AyresUSActor1996

Deaths

Film debuts

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