1908 in film
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[edit] Events
- Thomas Edison formed 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.
- D. W. Griffith becomes a director at the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in New York City. Between 1908 and 1913, Griffith would direct nearly 500 films
- In the Sultan's Power is the first film ever completely made in Los Angeles, California. It was filmed by director Francis Boggs.
[edit] Films released in 1908
- The Adventures of Dollie
- After Many Years
- The Assassination of the Duke of Guise
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Dreams of Toyland
- The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays
- In the Sultan's Power
- Macbeth
- The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln
- Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Way Down East
