1908 - Hellcar Derby

This time: Advances in animation, strange, dreamlike color projection, Méliès has a bum year, Segundo de Chomón makes Undead Fury Road, and the racist father of American Cinema D.W. Griffith gets his first role. So in order: cool, cool, aw sad, rad AF, booooooo. You can check out our socials and our youtube version where you can watch along at http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1908 Films Discussed playlist right here. --- Potpourri --- Fantasmagorie Stenka Razin The Assassination of the Duke of Guise The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (lost) The Runaway Horse A Visit to the Seaside Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (lost) --- Manuel Makes a Mess, or is it Monsieur Méliès? --- The Good Shepherdess and the Evil Princess Sideshow Wrestlers Tribulation, or Misfortunes of a Cobbler --- The Chomón and Only --- Excursion to the Moon The Frog Electric Hotel The Haunted Hotel (J. Stuart Blackton, 1907) The Haunted House/The House of Ghosts The Golden Spider Legend of a Ghost --- Enter D.W. Griffith --- Rescued From an Eagle’s Nest Adventures of Dollie LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF NEW YORK LIFE; OR, THE SIGHTS AND SENSATIONS OF A GREAT CITY (The Grifter Manual) Moving Picture World, the film industry trade magazine See you next year!