A man who has placed a personal advertisement for a prospective wife goes to wait at the meeting place that he designated. Soon a woman comes in response to the advertisement. Before the two have a chance to converse, several more women arrive on the scene. Now completely flustered, the man flees, initiating a lengthy chase.
Watch the official Personal 1904 trailer in HD below.
Rendez-vous par annonce Trailer
United States 29 June 1904
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1904:
01 September 1904
An over-the-hill American tourist has a terrible time on his European "rest cure" vacation.
09 December 1904
A pump stands outside a farmhouse, just inside a picket fence. A boy comes out of the house and dresses up the pump handle and its post as a scarecrow, so that he can play a practical joke on a drunken acquaintance when he passes by.
19 November 1904
A recently-released convict attempts to do right but struggles to support his wife and ailing daughter.
07 October 1904
A “madman” escapes prison and the torments of his warders.
22 May 1904
Documentary on the process of hay-making, from the cutting of the grass to the stacking of the hay.
30 April 1904
Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs half-way across the screen at the end of the film.
16 January 1904
Opens with a woman posing on a pedestal, dressed in a white body leotard with a sash tied at her hips.
30 September 1904
Early short showing the titular park in around 2 minutes.
19 January 1904
Facing a stationary camera, sitting at a desk, a man works busily. Posters of burlesque queens are on the wall behind him.
22 January 1904
[A]n excerpt from the novel by a chap named Marchmont in which the hero, a fellow with the heroic name of Hamylton Tregethner attempts to dissuade a fellow soldier from insisting on a sword duel for some unexplained offence.
29 April 1904
As a conjurer awaits an audience, a procession announces the arrival of a royal representative, carried in a sedan chair, to see him.
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