1908 E7 - Prestige and Spectacle

The introduction to this 1908 season addressed the elephant in the room: D.W. Grififth’s directorial debut. However, even though he came up quite a bit in the five conversations, his films didn’t dominate the selections (yet), and the heterogeneity of the picks makes for an eclectic viewing experience to represent 1908.

Films mentioned:

• Get Me a Stepladder (1908) - unknown
• Unterm Paraplui Nr. 87 (1908) - unknown
• The Adventures of Dollie (1908) - D.W. Griffith
• The Assassination of the Duke of Guise (1908) - Charles le Bargy and André Calmettes
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1908) - Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi
• Rescued from an Eagle’s Nest (1908) - J. Searle Dawley
• The Electric Hotel (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
• The Haunted House (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
• Fantasmagorie (1908) - Émile Cohl