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Film and TV History in 1908

  • May 21 1st American horror movie silent film "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" premieres in Chicago
  • Aug 14 The first beauty contest is held in Folkestone, England.
  • Aug 17 Booth Tarkington & Harry Leon Wilson's play "Man from Home" premieres in New York
  • Aug 17 Projection in Paris of the very first animated cartoon, "Fantasmagorie" realized by Émile Cohl