All Films

The Hound of Silver Creek

1928 • 50 min • United States of America

Molly White, the new schoolmistress at Silver Creek, makes the acquaintance of Jack Brooks, a wealthy eastern sportsman, when his pedigreed police dog, Dynamite, saves her from serious injury, and they become fast friends.

Mickey in School

1928 • 22 min • United States of America

It's the first day back at school for Mickey and the gang, which means plenty of pain for the schoolteacher. But things really heat up when a fire breaks out in the schoolhouse.

The Octopus

1928 • 13 min • France

An octopus slithers over objects on land—a doll, a skull—then oozes along the shore into the sea. It secretes its ink. The camera follows it along rocks into deeper water, watching closely as it breathes. Its eye is closed then open. Simple titles, in French and German, suggest what to watch. The octopus alternates the use of breathing tubes on either side. It changes color as cells on its skin contract or dilate. Extreme magnification helps us see these changes. Two struggle, one dies. On shore, fishermen catch them and put them in pails. A single tentacle still has life. Back in the sea, two octopi attack a crab. Soon only a couple of crab legs are visible in the mouth of the victor.

Win That Girl

1928 • 60 min • United States of America

A gridiron rivalry between two colleges is entering its third generation, and the Norton family (father and grandfather were members of teams defeated by rival squads captained by members of the Brawn family) rears Johnny Norton, 3d, to be a star football player. The lad is underweight, however, and initially shows a talent only for drop kicking. During the big game, Johnny is substituted for another player and leads his team to victory, winning for himself the love of Gloria Havens.

The Valley of Hell

1928 • 50 min • United States of America

In the Old West, a dashing hero saves a girl from bandits.

Easy Come, Easy Go

1928 • 60 min • United States of America

Dix plays radio announcer Robert Parker, working at a station run by his girlfriend's father. Becoming a bit overexcited on the air, our hero lets slip a few (fortuitously unheard) profanities. Fired from his job, Parker enters into an amusing series of misadventures with veteran bank robber Jim Bailey (Charles Sellon).

Virgin Lips

1928 • 59 min • United States of America

In a banana republic, way south of the Texas border, a dumb-Dora American girl, Norma (Olive Borden), lets her ruby-red lips promise more than she is willing to deliver, and she finds herself a prisoner in a notorious dance-hall/brothel. But her American aviator boyfriend, Barry Blake (John Boles), is flying to her rescue. He does just that but, alas, they are quickly captured by a gang of outlaws. Possibly the many expensive pieces of jewelry she has gathered from the many male friends she has made along the way, including El Presidente, captured the outlaws' attention.

Poor Papa

1928 • 7 min • United States of America

Oswald gets a visit from the stork ... again and again and again. He has to resort to a variety of strategies to stop the continual flow of babies.

The Road to Ruin

1928 • 58 min • United States of America

A controversial, low-budget drama about the life of a young teenage girl that goes on the "road to ruin." Sally is a 16-year-old New York City teen who, neglected by her parents, takes up smoking and drinking, engages in affairs with a series of older men, gets arrested by the police during a strip poker game, is sent home only to discover later that she's pregnant, and after getting an illegal abortion, the words "The Wages of Sin is Death" inexpliably appear over her bed in fire.

A Home Made Man

1928 • 15 min • United States of America

Ham gets a job at the lunch counter at a fitness club and soon rouses the ire of the manager.

Ride 'Em Plow Boy

1928 • 7 min • United States of America

In a foreshadowing of what was to become a staple of the Mickey shorts, Oswald manages his farm along to a musical beat.

The Frightful Era of Kurama Tengu

1928 • 38 min • Japan

The Frightful Era of Kurama Tengu is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Teppei Yamaguchi. It is part of the Kurama Tengu series and features the battle between the title character, Kurama Tengu, and his impostor. The last scene, featuring sword fights of exhilarating speed, is one reason this series was very popular, especially with children.

Sure-Locked Homes

1928 • 9 min • United States of America

Night falls on the light daytime sky in viscous, fat drops that darken the world. That's only the first gag, but it sure sets the stage.

A Blonde for a Night

1928 • 54 min • United States of America

After an argument, a newlywed decides to test her husband's fidelity by disguising herself as a blonde.

Daphnia

1928 • 8 min • France

Titles in French and English help us know what we're seeing. In all waters, daphnia abound. They are crustaceans about 2 ml long, with one eye that turns in all directions. Antennae enable daphnia to move: in a close up magnified 150,000 times, we see the muscles of the antennae pulse. We see the eye, the nerve mass, blood globules, and the heart, beating several times per second. The intestine forms a long line. All are females; eggs develop above the intestine. New generations come rapidly. Inside each daphnia are tiny infusoria; we watch them clean the intestine of a dead daphnia. An enemy, the hydra, approaches. A daphnia dies, but many remain.

Sweeney Todd

1928 • 49 min • United Kingdom

A man dreams he is the 'demon barber' who cuts sailors' throats for jewels and uses the corpses for pies.

All for Nothing

1928 • 21 min • United States of America

Charley brings an actor friend home to dinner without telling his wife beforehand, and she protests. The two instead head to a theater. Charley's wife later follows to apologize and unbeknownst to her and the friend, Charley uses costumes from the theater to pretend to be other people.

Through the Breakers

1928 • 55 min • United States of America

Through the Breakers, the 1928 Joseph C. Boyle silent South Seas tropical island seafaring romantic love triangle melodrama about a London socialite who loves a man who is assigned to be a plantation manager on a South Seas island. She agrees to join him after a year, but puts it off, but later winds up shipwrecked on the same island. An island girl there is in love with him, but when he refuses to reciprocate her love and returns to his old sweetheart, she chooses to commit suicide rather than marry one of her own kind.

The Scarlet Dove

1928 • 60 min • United States of America

The Scarlet Dove is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Arthur Gregor and starring Lowell Sherman, Robert Frazer, and Josephine Borio.

Name the Woman

1928 • 56 min • United States of America

Directed by Erle C. Kenton. With Anita Stewart, Huntley Gordon, Gaston Glass, Chappell Dossett.

The Circus: Premiere

1928 • 6 min • United States of America

Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.

The Last Moment

1928 • 60 min • United States of America

A man drowns himself in lake. As he is dying, he recalls the crucial moments of his life and the incidents that led to his final, fatal decision.

Daredevil's Reward

1928 • 50 min • United States of America

Tom Mix portrayed a daredevil ranger on the trail of a gang of outlaws. To get close to the gang, Tom utilizes various cunning disguises, including donning the garb of a medicine man. Along the way, complications arise when Tom falls for the niece (Natalie Joyce) of the gang leader (William Welch).

The Shady Lady

1928 • 60 min • United States of America

The Shady Lady is a 1928 sound part-talkie American drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith.