All Films

Forest Man

1928 • 60 min • Soviet Union

The first years of industrialisation. Disguised as a hunter, an ex-White officer Poloz, who is connected to the international intelligence, is hiding in the forest where the construction of a new power station has begun. An intern making photos of the buildings suddenly notices Poloz. Frightened to be exposed, Poloz kills the guy and makes a cut in the base of the scaffolding of the main building of the power station. In face of a failure, counting on his ex-wife Katia’s help, Poloz kidnaps a 10-year-old boy. Hrai, an engineer and the father of the kidnapped boy, finds Poloz’s hiding place in the forest, and his assistant Varrava shoots the White officer at that very moment when he tries to explode the main building of the power station. The film is lost.

The Seashell and the Clergyman

1928 • 41 min • France

Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.

The Play Girl

1928 • 60 min • United States of America

When Madge, a clerk in a flower shop, is sent to a bachelor's apartment to deliver and arrange a bouquet, she discovers a guest, young and handsome Bradley Lane, taking a bath. She loses her job and becomes a playgirl until Bradley, her true love, asks her to marry him.

Some of the Life of Our Emperor in Doorn

1928 • 50 min • Germany, Netherlands

A German documentary about the activities of Kaiser Wilhelm II during his exile in the Netherlands.

The Little Snob

1928 • 52 min • United States of America

May Banks (May McAvoy) is a working-class girl who gets ideas above her station in life when her father, Colonel Banks (Aleck B. Francis), a Coney Island employee, save enough money to send her to an expensive, snobby all-girl finishing school.

The Wagon Show

1928 • 60 min • United States of America

Colonel Beldan runs a Wild West show. When Beldan's star attraction switches to his unscrupulous competitor Vicarino, the young Bob Mason takes the opportunity to take over the job with his horse 'Tarzan'.

The Way of the Strong

1928 • 59 min • United States of America

A gangster falls for a blind violinist, only for his mobster rivals to kidnap her.

Someone to Love

1928 • 58 min

A poor but honest sheet-music salesman is parted from his wealthy fiancée when she comes to believe he’s nothing but a golddigger. But circumstance places him on the board of an exclusive girls’ school, where he can prove his integrity as well as his love. This film is believed lost.

Bull-Oney

1928 • 7 min • United States of America

An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon.

Albidum

1928 • 7 min • Soviet Union

About the struggle of a Soviet agronomist to create a drought-resistant variety of wheat. His work is hampered by bureaucracy. When excellent qualities of Albidum, as the developed variety is called, receive wide recognition and authorities decide to export it, external market monopolies do everything possible to prevent the export of Albidum. The film is considered to be partially lost as only one seven-minute fragment is known and found.

Something Always Happens

1928 • 50 min • United States of America

The Junior Year

1928 • 20 min • United States of America

The Adventures of Dr. Dolittle: Tale 2 - Cannibal Land

1928 • 9 min • Germany

On his way inland, Dr. Dolittle and his animals encounter a nasty surprise. Natives capture them and hold them under lock and key.

The Code of the Scarlet

1928 • 57 min • United States of America

Assigned to catch a gang of outlaws, officers Bruce Kenton and Paddy Halloran rescue Helen Morgan when her wagon is attacked by the very same gang. Through a ruse, Kenton manages to infiltrate the gang, which is holed up in the lawless community of Caribou Flats. While in the employ of villainous trading post operator Jack Blake, Kenton discovers that Blake is not only the leader of the gang but also the man who murdered Helen's brother.

The Bicycle Flirt

1928 • 20 min • United States of America

Billy is a professional deadbeat who prefers to ride his bicycle instead of work. His wife's brother, Henry, puts pressure on his sister to leave Billy, telling her to find a man who is more industrious.

Hop Off

1928 • 20 min • United States of America

Only a few minutes remain of this partially lost film. A scientist discovers a potion that restores things to their original form: pets, jewelry--endless possibilities. His assistant wonders about its applications, with comical results.

The Branded Sombrero

1928 • 58 min • United States of America

A cowboy promises his dying foster-father, "Honest" John Maggert, that he will return the cattle that Maggert rustled from the local ranchers.

Clothes Make the Woman

1928 • 60 min • United States of America

A young Russian peasant feels pity for the Princess Anastasia and saves her life by accidentally wounding her in the massacre of the Romanovs during the Russian Revolution.

The Fall of the House of Usher

1928 • 13 min • United States of America

In a decaying castle surrounded by a dank, mirrored lake live the morbidly nervous Roderick Usher and his sickly twin sister, Madeline. Their tale is told and dimly comprehended by the unnamed narrator, a boyhood friend whom Roderick has summoned. When Madeline soon dies—or seems to die—they entomb her body. On a stormy night, "cracking and ripping" sounds and a "shriek" from below convince the panicky Roderick that "We have put her living into the tomb!" The shrouded, emaciated figure of Madeline appears at the door of Roderick's book-strewn study, falls upon him, "and in her violent and now final death-agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse."

Headin' for Danger

1928 • 60 min • United States of America

Jimmy Marshall, an adventurous youth, wanders in disguise into a small Mexican town seeking adventure. Captured by bandits he fights his way to freedom and meets the girl of his dreams.

The Oily Bird

1928 • 8 min • United States of America

A persnickety chicken steals the master's jewels (by eating them). Framed for the theft, Felix decides to find them himself. Felix takes after the bird and ends up striking oil!

The Beach Club

1928 • 20 min • United States of America

In and out of the water, Billy makes waves at the Blue Point Beach Club.

Land of the Silver Fox

1928 • 58 min • United States of America

Rin-Tin-Tin's first sound feature, in which he plays an abused dog recused by a young girl in the far north.

The Adventures of Dr. Dolittle: Tale 3 - The Lion's Den

1928 • 10 min • Germany

Dr. Dolittle has arrived in the land of monkeys, where gorillas, orangutans, baboons and spiders await medical attention. But how can one do it alone? Luckily, the animals of the desert want to help.