1908 in film

none 1908 film music radio The year 1908 in film involved some significant events. Events July 3 - Malhabour Theater, the first film house in Iloilo City was opened to the public.Nereo Cajilig Lujan. HISTORY 101: Teatro Malhabour https://www.facebook.com/nclujan/posts/1471644442868054?hc_location=ufi https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/100000675378724/1471644442868054 2022-02-26 limited Old Iloilo group Facebook. July 14 – D. W. Griffith becomes a director at the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in New York City. Between 1908 and 1913, Griffith will direct nearly 500 films starting with the release of The Adventures of Dollie. October 28 – The Russian Film Industry begins with the release of Russia's first fictional narrative film Stenka Razin. November 18 – Release in France of The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (La Mort du duc de Guise), the first film with a screenplay by an eminent man of letters, the playwright Henri Lavedan;Patrick Robertson Film Facts Wigston Quantum Books 2007 978-1-84573-235-6 45–46 it is also directed by two men of the theatre, Charles Le Bargy and André Calmettes, features actors of the Comédie-Française, and is accompanied by a score from Saint-Saëns. December - Thomas Edison forms the Motion Picture Patents Company, with goals of controlling production and distribution, raising theater admission prices, cooperating with censorship bodies, and preventing film stock from getting into the hands of nonmember producers. Pathé invents the newsreel that was shown in cinemas prior to a feature film.https://www.britishpathe.com/blog/history/ History of British Pathé www.britishpathe.com en-GB 2017-08-29 Notable films A The Adventures of Dollie, directed by D. W. Griffith – (US) After Many Years, directed by D. W. Griffith, based on the 1864 narrative poem Enoch Arden by Alfred, Lord Tennyson – (US) Antony and Cleopatra, directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Charles Kent, based on the 17th-century play by William Shakespeare – (US) L'Arlésienne (The Girl from Arles), directed by Albert Capellani, based on the 1869 short story by Alphonse Daudet – (France) The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (L'Assassinat du duc de Guise), directed by Charles le Bargy and André Calmettes – (France) B Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bêtte) (Incomplete), directed by Albert Capellani, based on the 1740 fairy tale by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de VilleneuveKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. 0-7864-0036-6. Page 23. – (France) The Beauty of the Sleeping Wood (La Belle au bois dormant), directed by Albert Capellani and Lucien Nonguet, based on the 1697 fairy tale Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault – (France) Betrayed by a Handprint, directed by D. W. Griffith – (US) C The Call of the Wild, directed by D. W. Griffith – (US) A Christmas Carol (lost), produced by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, based on the 1843 novella by Charles DickensKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. 0-7864-0036-6. Page 24. – (US) Cupid's Pranks, directed by Edwin S. Porter – (US)Keil Charlie https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Early_American_Cinema_in_Transition/JXzZDgQoOpMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Cupid's+Pranks+1908&pg=PA297&printsec=frontcover Early American Cinema in Transition: Story, Style, and Filmmaking, 1907–1913 2001-12-03 Univ of Wisconsin Press 978-0-299-17364-7 en D The Devil, directed by D. W. GriffithKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. 0-7864-0036-6. Page 24. – (US) The Dog and His Various Merits (Le Chien et ses services), produced by Pathé Frères – (France)Zarch Frédéric https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Catalogue_des_films_projet%C3%A9s_%C3%A0_Saint/2dt7qW0otbcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Le+Chien+et+ses+services+1908&pg=PP62&printsec=frontcover Catalogue des films projetés à Saint-Étienne avant la première guerre mondiale 2000 Université de Saint-Etienne 978-2-86272-182-8 fr Don Juan Tenorio, directed by Ricardo de Baños and Alberto Marro – (Spain)Fernández Luis Miguel https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Don_Juan_en_el_cine_espa%C3%B1ol/5NhI3F_s24IC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Don+Juan+Tenorio+1908&pg=PA59&printsec=frontcover Don Juan en el cine español: hacia una teoría fílmica de la recreación fílmica 2000 Univ Santiago de Compostela 978-84-8121-832-9 es Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (lost), produced by William N. Selig, based on the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. 0-7864-0036-6. Page 24. – (US) The Dream of an Opium Fiend (Le Rêve d'un fumeur d'opium), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) Dream of Toyland, directed by Arthur Melbourne-Cooper – (UK)Vries Tjitte de https://www.google.pt/books/edition/They_Thought_it_was_a_Marvel/6nWBD_raPKoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Dreams+of+Toyland,+1908&pg=PA360&printsec=frontcover "They Thought it was a Marvel": Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961) : Pioneer of Puppet Animation Mul Ati 2009 Amsterdam University Press 978-90-8555-016-7 en E Excursion to the Moon (Excursion dans la lune), directed by Segundo de Chomón – (France) F The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (lost), directed by Francis Boggs and Otis Turner, based on the Oz books by L. Frank Baum – (US) Fantasmagorie, directed by Émile Cohl, the first animated cartoon – (France) Fun with the Bridal Party (Le Mariage de Thomas Poirot) (lost), directed by Georges MélièsKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. 0-7864-0036-6. Page 25. – (France) I Incident from Don Quixote (La Toile d'araignée merveilleuse) (lost), directed by Georges MélièsKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. 0-7864-0036-6. Page 24. – (France) L Legend of a Ghost (La Légende du fantôme), directed by Segundo de ChomónKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. 0-7864-0036-6. Page 22. – (France)Jones David Annwn https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Re_envisaging_the_First_Age_of_Cinematic/Nr6rDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Legend+of+a+Ghost+chomon&pg=PT38&printsec=frontcover Re-envisaging the First Age of Cinematic Horror, 1896-1934: Quanta of Fear 2018-11-14 University of Wales Press 978-1-78683-337-2 en Long Distance Wireless Photography (La Photographie électrique à distance), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) M Macbeth (lost), directed by J. Stuart Blackton, based on the 17th-century play by William Shakespeare – (US) Magic Bricks, directed by Segundo de Chomón – (France)Abel Richard https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_Early_Cinema/hFxwX-dM008C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Magic+Bricks+1908&pg=PA759&printsec=frontcover Encyclopedia of Early Cinema 2005 Taylor & Francis 978-0-415-23440-5 en The Magic Mirror (Le Miroir Magique), directed by Segundo de Chomón – (France)Shilina-Conte Tanya https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Black_Screens_White_Frames/GYQoEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=(Le+Miroir+Magique),+1908&pg=PA239&printsec=frontcover Black Screens, White Frames: Gilles Deleuze and the Filmmaking Machine 2024 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-751132-9 en The Man and His Bottle, directed by Lewin Fitzhamon – (UK)Watch The Man and His Bottle online - BFI Player https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-the-man-and-his-bottle-1908-online 2025-09-29 player.bfi.org.uk en N The New Lord of the Village (Le Nouveau Seigneur du village), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) O Over the Hill to the Poorhouse, directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor – (US)Mitry Jean https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Filmographie_universelle_Primitifs_et_pr/2as2AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=FLorence+Auer+Over+the+Hill+to+the+Poorhouse,&dq=FLorence+Auer+Over+the+Hill+to+the+Poorhouse,&printsec=frontcover Filmographie universelle: Primitifs et précurseurs, 1895-1915 1965 Institut des hautes études cinématographiques 978-2-903053-01-7 en P Pharmaceutical Hallucinations (Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou le Truc du potard), directed by Georges Méliès – (France) The Physician of the Castle (Le Médecin du château), produced by Pathé Frères – (France)Abel Richard https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_Sounds_of_Early_Cinema/UtFlWOHc7nYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Le+M%C3%A9decin+du+ch%C3%A2teau+1908&pg=PA293&printsec=frontcover The Sounds of Early Cinema Altman Rick R. 2001-10-03 Indiana University Press 978-0-253-10870-8 en The Puppet's Nightmare (Le Cauchemar de Fantoche), directed by Émile CohlKinnard, Roy (1995). "Horror in Silent Films". McFarland and Company Inc. 0-7864-0036-6. Page 24. – (France) R The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln, directed by Van Dyke Brooke – (US) Rescued from an Eagle's Nest, directed by J. Searle Dawley, starring D. W. Griffith – (US) Romeo and Juliet, directed by J. Stuart Blackton, based on the 16th-century play by William Shakespeare – (US) The Runaway Horse (Le Cheval emballé), directed by Louis J. Gasnier – (France)LE CHEVAL EMBALLÉ https://www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/anno/2018/en/le-cheval-emballe/index.html 2025-09-29 Le Giornate del Cinema Muto en-US S Stenka Razin, directed by Vladimir Romashkov – (Russia) T The Taming of the Shrew, directed by D. W. Griffith, based on the 16th-century play by William Shakespeare – (US) The Tempest, directed by Percy Stow, based on the 17th-century play by William Shakespeare – (UK) The Thieving Hand, possibly directed by J. Stuart Blackton – (US) Troubles of a Grass Widower (Vive la vie de garçon), directed by and starring Max Linder – (France)Rège Philippe https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_French_Film_Directors/ud2-AAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Vive+la+vie+de+gar%C3%A7on+max+linder&pg=PA644&printsec=frontcover Encyclopedia of French Film Directors 2009-12-11 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 978-0-8108-6939-4 fr V A Very Fine Lady (Une dame vraiment bien), directed by Louis Feuillade and Romeo Bosetti – (France)Temple Michael https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_French_Cinema_Book/Vzn8DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Une+dame+vraiment+bien+1908&pg=PA369&printsec=frontcover The French Cinema Book Witt Michael 2018-01-18 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-349-92909-2 en W Whaling Afloat and Ashore, directed by Robert W. Paul – (UK)BFI Screenonline: Whaling Afloat and Ashore (1908) http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1229025/index.html 2025-09-29 www.screenonline.org.uk Births January 8 – William Hartnell, English actor (died 1975) January 10 Paul Henreid, Austrian-American actor, director, producer, and writer (died 1992) Bernard Lee, English actor (died 1981) January 11 – Lionel Stander, American actor, activist, and a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild (died 1994) January 12 – Jean Delannoy, French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director (died 2008) January 16 – Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (died 1984) January 25 – Howard Wendell, American actor (died 1975) January 26 – Dennis Moore, American actor (died 1964) February 5 – Peg Entwistle, British actress (died 1932) February 6 – Russell Gleason, American actor (died 1945) February 7 – Buster Crabbe, American two-time Olympic swimmer and actor (died 1983) February 11 – Philip Dunne, American screenwriter, film director, and producer (died 1992) February 15 – William Janney, American actor (died 1992) February 22 – John Mills, English actor (died 2005) February 26 – Tex Avery, American animator and voice actor (died 1980) March 5 – Rex Harrison, English actor (died 1990) March 7 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress (died 1973) March 20 – Michael Redgrave, English actor and filmmaker (died 1985) March 25 – Phillip Reed, American actor (died 1996) March 29 Arthur O'Connell, American actor (died 1981) Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (died 1968) April 2 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (died 2003) April 5 – Bette Davis, American actress (died 1989) April 15 – Lita Grey, American actress (died 1995) April 19 – Irena Eichlerówna, Polish actress (died 1990) April 24 – Marceline Day, American actress (died 2000) April 30 – Eve Arden, American actress (died 1990) May 2 – William Bakewell, American actor (died 1993) May 7 – Valentine Dyall, English character actor (died 1985) May 20 – James Stewart, American actor and military aviator (died 1997) May 25 – Barbara Luddy, American actress (died 1979) May 26 – Robert Morley, English actor (died 1992) May 27 – Lita Chevret, American actress (died 2001) May 30 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor and radio personality (died 1989) May 31 – Don Ameche, American actor, comedian and vaudevillian (died 1993) June 3 – Eddie Acuff, American actor (died 1956) June 10 – Russell Waters, Scottish actor (died 1982) June 17 – Frank Sully, American actor (died 1975) July 1 – Raúl de Anda, Mexican actor, screenwriter, film producer and director (died 1937) July 12 – Milton Berle, American actor and comedian (died 2002) July 15 – Howard Vernon, Swiss actor and photographer (died 1996) July 17 – Enzo Fiermonte, Italian actor and boxer (died 1993) July 18 – Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress, singer, and dancer (died 1944) July 23 – Karl Swenson, American actor (died 1978) August 6 – Will Lee, American actor (died 1982) August 13 – Gene Raymond, American actor (died 1998) August 19 – Barry Kelley, American actor (died 1991) August 30 David Clarke, American actor (died 2004) Fred MacMurray, American actor (died 1991) September 13 – Mae Questel, American actress (died 1998) September 15 – Penny Singleton, American actress and labor leader (died 2003) October 5 – Joshua Logan, American film director, playwright and screenwriter (died 1988) October 6 – Carole Lombard, American actress (died 1942) October 22 – John Sutton, British actor (died 1963) October 25 Tauno Palo, Finnish actor and singer (died 1982) Polly Ann Young, American actress (died 1997) November 2 – Reginald Beckwith, English actor (died 1965) November 4 – Anthony Warde, American actor (died 1975) December 2 – Robert F. Simon, American character actor (died 1992) December 3 Robert Kent, American actor (died 1955) Anna Sten, Ukrainian-American actress (died 1993) December 11 Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese film director and screenwriter (died 2015) Sally Eilers, American actress (died 1978) December 13 – Van Heflin, American theatre, radio and actor (died 1971) December 14 – Laurence Naismith, English actor (died 1992) December 18 – Celia Johnson, English actress (died 1982) December 20 – Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (died 1994) December 25 – Quentin Crisp, English raconteur (died 1999) December 28 – Lew Ayres, American actor (died 1996) Deaths May 23 – Peter F. Dailey, actor, singer (born 1868) Film debuts Hobart Bosworth – "The Count of Monte Cristo" (shortDumas Alexandre https://www.google.pt/books/edition/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo/PD064Xhben8C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Hobart+Bosworth+%E2%80%93+%22The+Count+of+Monte+Cristo%22+1908&pg=PT30&printsec=frontcover The Count of Monte Cristo 2008-04-17 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-160769-1 en Sidney Drew – "Cupid's Realm or A Game of Hearts" (short)https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Films_in_Review/GRJCAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Cupid's+Realm+or+A+Game+of+Hearts&dq=Cupid's+Realm+or+A+Game+of+Hearts&printsec=frontcover Films in Review 1980 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures en Julia Swayne Gordon – "Othello" (short)September 2025 D.W. Griffith – actor/writer: "When Knighthood was in Flower" (short); producer: "Deceived Slumming Party" (short); director: "The Adventures of Dollie" (short)A hundred years ago: the films of 1908 Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/sezione/cento-anni-fa-i-film-del-1908/ 2025-09-29 en-US Marion Leonard – "At the Crossroads of Life" (short)September 2025 Owen Moore – "The Guerilla" (short)September 2025 Miriam Nesbitt – "Saved by Love"AFICatalog https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/113757 2025-09-29 catalog.afi.com Mack Sennett – "Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker" (short)Walker Brent E. https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Mack_Sennett_s_Fun_Factory/NvmcAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Mack+Sennett+%E2%80%93+%22Old+Isaacs,+the+Pawnbroker%22&pg=PA251&printsec=frontcover Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel 2010-01-13 McFarland 978-0-7864-5707-6 en Earle Williams – "Barbara Fritchie: The Story of a Patriotic Woman" (short)September 2025 Kathlyn Williams – "On Thanksgiving Day" (short)September 2025 External links PLoHEmNPV3oBizwg4M5dRH7j6i0vj93HnW 1908 in film List of 1908 films at IMDb List of 1908 deaths at IMDb List of 1908 births at IMDb References Category:Film by year