All Films

The Quitter

1929 • 60 min • United States of America

Neal Abbott (Ben Lyon), a disgraced surgeon, regains his self-respect after operating on and saving the life of cafe-owner Duffy Thompson (Fred Kohler).

Stage Stunts

1929 • 6 min • United States of America

An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.

Two Sisters

1929 • 48 min • United States of America

Twin sisters, one good and honest and sweet, and the other given to totin' pistols and pulling robberies, keep confusing a detective about which one he his chasing for what, since he has different reasons for chasing both.

Barnyard Melody

1929 • 6 min • United States of America

A cat and mouse nonchalantly dance on roller skates and comically harass Farmer Gray.

Marquis Preferred

1929 • 60 min • United States of America

Menjou is a gentleman for sale to the daughter of any millionaire who will pay his debts and support him in the style to which he is accustomed.

The Rodeo

1929 • 20 min • United States of America

The film begins with a family at home having a meal. The biggest laugh involved some candles being substituted for asparagus and the hilarity that resulted when the people and dog at them. Later, the decide to go to the rodeo but 1001 problems occur on the way there in the car.

Melancholy Dame

1929 • 21 min • United States of America

A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.

Broadway Fever

1929 • 60 min • United States of America

Stagestruck Sally McAllister can’t get an appointment with famed theatrical producer Eric Byron so Sally responds to an ad for a maid only to discover that she will be working for Byron himself! Falling for him but still burning with ambition she arranges for Lila Leroy, Byron's leading lady, to take a train to Oakland, California instead of New Jersey, then hot foots it to Oakland, New Jersey, where Byron's latest play is taking place, and impersonating Lila by wearing a blonde wig but as dress rehearsal approaches will she get away with the subterfuge?

The Dummy

1929 • 60 min • United States of America

The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and Trumbull Meredith.

Battling Sisters

1929 • 16 min • United States of America

Battling Sisters (1929) is a bizarre, futuristic gender-bending semi-spoof of ‘The Big Parade, with men and women’s roles reversed.Offering the spectacle of Wallace Lupino, in drag, vamping the helpless house husband Lane!

The Bridge

1929 • 10 min • United States of America

A condemned man manages to avoid being hanged from a bridge over a river when the rope breaks. He falls into the water and his escape attempt ensues.

Plunging Hoofs

1929 • 50 min • United States of America

Jed Campbell, a "skypilot," and Nanette, a dance hall girl, meet when each goes to rescue Rex, "King of the Wild Horses," from a trap.

Ruby Lips

1929 • 20 min • United States of America

Ruby Lips is a comedy short

Mexicali Rose

1929 • 60 min • United States of America

The owner of a border town gambling saloon falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out of town. She gets revenge by marrying his younger brother.

The Keystone 'Patrician'

1928 • 6 min

A short made by the Keystone Aircraft Corporation highlighting features of its tri-motor airplane, 'Patrician', and demonstrating its capability by a flight to Los Angeles with 33 passengers.

Accuracy First

1928 • 5 min

A training film stressing accuracy for Western Union's keyboard operators, who were mostly women.

The Jazzmania Quintette

1928 • 10 min

A musical short featuring George Stoll, Edythe Flynn and The Hot Four.

The Building of the New Tyne Bridge

1928 • 2 min • United Kingdom

There are some breathtaking shots of workers constructing Newcastle's iconic Tyne Bridge, designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson, in this detailed and informative film, showing the men erecting the arches at dizzying heights. From BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".

Hollywood Sand Witches

1928 • 4 min

Sometimes titles are a play on words such as "Hollywood Sand Witches."

A Girl Revue: First Edition

1928 • 2 min

All of the entries in this rare collection of blue movies from the silent age have one thing in common - the beautiful young girls of Hollywood baring all for the movie cameras.

The Miracle of a Locomotive

1928 • 17 min • Canada

Documentary on making locomotives.

Beautiful Bandung

1928 • 17 min

Impressions of Bandung, Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia), with shots of the pasar (market), the Departments of War and Government Corporations, churches, parks, the residential office, a hospital, staff and service houses of the PTT, the Concordia society, the Chinese neighbourhood, the library and the observatory in Lembang.

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movie: Yale Collection Film 28

1928 • 15 min

Baptists, cars and trucks on a train, footrace and other activities in Tulsa OK; Ransom, IN; Coweta, OK; Wybark, OK; and unidentified locations.

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movie: Yale Collection Film 26

1928 • 18 min

Juneteenth Celebration, farms, residences, football games and various people in Wybark, OK; Porter, OK; Muskogee, OK; Langston, OK; and Okay, OK.