All Films

Alice in Wonderland

1927 • 16 min • United States of America

A filmed performance of Alice in Wonderland performed at the Kitsap Forest Theater in Washington.

Saint-Malo, L'antique cité des corsaires

1927 • 28 min

"The Ancient City of Corsairs" is Emile Gaudu's first professional film. He offers us a guided tour of the built heritage of Saint Malo and then takes us to the preparation of the annual Terre Neuvas campaign.

Quiriguá y Río Dulce

1927 • 16 min • Guatemala

Documentary that narrates the excursion of a hundred and a half people to the towns of Quiriguá and Río Dulce, organized by the then newly founded Geography and History Society of Guatemala. Shot by the Matheu production company, dedicated to local news programs, it offers interesting images of sites of great archaeological interest.

Documentário Terceirense

1927 • 47 min • Portugal

The "first Azorean film" (as the press called it at the time) was made in Angra do Heroísmo. It was an initiative of the company Foto-Cinema Açores, directed by António Luís Lourenço da Costa, a native of Terceira and better known as "photographer Lourenço". The film, called Documentário Terceirense, is an urban documentary about the city of Angra.

Copenhagen Dock/Angmagsalik, Greenland

1927 • 13 min

General footage from botanist Isobel Hutchison's field trip to Angmagsalik, Greenland. The majority of the film shows varied activities of the people living there, playing and travelling with dogs by sled, kayak, going to church and possibly a visit to a sacred site.

Dans

1927 • 3 min

Ruth Hanson was of Danish descent, trained in dance and gymnastics in Denmark but then returned home. In 1927, Ruth hired Loft Guðmundsson, a photographer and filmmaker, to film a short instructional film on Flat-Charleston dancing. Ruth Hanson was 21 at the time, and her dance partner in the film was her 14-year-old sister, Rigmor.

The Dawn of Justice

1927 • 56 min • Colombia

The editorialist of The World, newspaper of the "capital of yanquilandia", needs to look for evidence to free himself from an accusation of slander, for an editorial in which it was stated that Teodoro Rooselvelt, artificer of the separation of Panama, could not run for reelection as president of the USA because he had breached an international treaty. Therefore, several detectives are sent to Colombia to locate evidence of this treaty. One of the sleuths is Patterson, an ambiguous man in love with Berta, the daughter of a modest employee of the Colombian consulate in the city of skyscrapers.

Dream Cafe

1927 • 10 min • United States of America

James Clemens gets the top-billing in this Vitaphone short where he plays a drunk who can hardly stand. That's pretty much the entire plot as Clemens stumbles into the Dream Cafe where he runs into a cop as well as a lovely young lady who performs a couple dances for him.

Portrait of Greece

1927 • 30 min

André Sauvage's short documentary on Greece past and present, deftly depicting the archeological sites, the fishing villages, country roads and peasants.

Technicolor Fashion Parade

1927 • 6 min

These two-color Technicolor fashion shots were copied from nitrate film many years ago, without the benefit of later techniques that minimize blemishes.

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movie: Yale Collection Film 29

1927 • 11 min

Baptist convention, funeral home, and assorted locations in Denver, CO; Tulsa, OK; Muskogee, OK; and unidentified locations.

Voyage au Brésil

1927 • 30 min • Brazil

Fragments of a propaganda film about the various regions from north to south of Brazil, presenting nature, forests, customs and Carnival, whose intention was to make Brazilian natural and cultural riches known abroad.

Lache in Harem

1927 • 20 min

Lache is unemployed. He falls asleep on the border of Lake Floreasca while peeping at a group of girls who are bathing in the lake. This image makes him dream about himself being inside a harem where the guards catch him and throw him in jail. Here he is found by Lili Dinamita, an artist who was brought to the harem after having been kidnapped by the white slavers. The two try to escape and they almost succeed in doing it, when Lache wakes up among the girls he was admiring when he fell asleep.

The Homecoming of the Duke and Duchess of York: Topical Budget 871-1

1927 • 3 min

The Duke and Duchess of York are welcomed back from their Empire tour by crowds and family. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Icy Eyes

1927 • 8 min

Felix is after Peaches, a sexy female cat whom he spots skating on the pond.

Sotto La Neve / Luciano In Battaglia

1927 • 5 min

Pathé Baby short by Guglielmo Baldassini.

The Helpless Helper

1927 • 23 min • United States of America

Al's father, Professor Rockenrye has discovered a gasoline substitute. He can drop it on a toy train or wind up toy, and the train will start running and the toy will start moving. Al's girl Rose is at his house and opens the door when Al's rival arrives. The big lug is there to whisk her away and marry her. Stupid Al gives the rival a drink of the formula, causing the rival to spit fire. Al then spills all of the remaining formula, ruining the Professor's hope of fame and fortune.

Sui Bastioni / Neve Ai Giardini / Battaglia / Caduta

1927 • 3 min

Pathé Baby short by Guglielmo Baldassini.

Paddy Culture in India

1927 • 16 min • Netherlands

A reportage about the rice culture in the Dutch East Indies, with a focus on processing the sawahs (wet rice fields).

Sugar shipping at the N.V. Afscheep- en Commissiezaak, Formerly J.F. Esser

1927 • 19 min • Netherlands

Activities involving the shipment of sugar from the Dutch East Indies. This shipment took place in Pasuruan, with destinations including Europe, China, Japan, and the former British India. We see shots of samples being taken, and bags being weighed. Loading in canoes, and being transferred to the ship S.S. Tjikarang. Shots of the office of N.V. Afscheep- en Commiessiezaak, formerly known as J.F. Esser.

Life in the Dessa

1927 • 44 min • Netherlands

The People of the Lake

1927 • 17 min

A boy falls asleep and dreams about Bronze Age life.

Ça c'est Bruxelles

1927 • 7 min • Belgium

A brief look around Bruxelles in 1927.

Purga

1927 • 46 min • Soviet Union

Siberia. 1919 The retreating intervention detachments and the English expedition leave the mines. A snowstorm begins. English engineer Henry and his fiancee Ollan, the daughter of the company director, are lagging behind. After much wandering, the heroes come across the winter quarters of the Russian partisan Vladimir. While waiting out the bad weather, the heroes will be forced to live together for some time. Ollan will be convinced of the worthlessness of his chosen one and the courageous, energetic Vladimir will become her husband. And ahead is spring and painful thoughts: to stay with your loved one in this country or return to your homeland?