All Films

Mrs Kennedy Fraser Song Collecting in the Outer Hebrides

1927 • 15 min

Amateur footage capturing the essence of the island of Barra, and the life/work of its inhabitants, c.1920s. Features shot of early folk song recording and shots of Marjory Kennedy Fraser herself.

Travelogue of Hungary and Budapest

1927 • 31 min

Hungary as a picturesque country: old farms, spinning and weaving, goose keeping, shepherds, oxen, sheep, the market, traditional costume (Sunday, church), making costumes: embroidery, pattern drawing, traditional wedding with czardas dances. In the cities recordings of industry, traffic, the production of a traditional embroidery and Budapest.

By Secret Order

1927 • 4 min • Denmark

A short, fragmentary film comprising a brief animation sequence and live-action footage of Storm P in the Zoo. If one were to piece together a synopsis, it seems as if Storm P is given the task – by secret order – to draw the penguins in the Zoo. Using real penguins as models, he draws his well-known cartoon character Ping from the ‘Peter and Ping’, and the drawing is subsequently delivered to the person who commissioned it via a messenger dog. (Stumfilm.DK)

Practical Joke

1927 • 7 min • Spain

Humor short film made by amateurs, under the direction of Claudio Gómez Grau. Played by José Armengol and Francisco Vilanova.

We'll Keep Our Eyes Peeled

1927 • 3 min • Soviet Union

Billed as "a cinema-propaganda poster," this 1927 short advocates the purchase of government bonds as a means to combat a British trade embargo. Its dynamic interpolation of newsreel footage and animation is a good deal more radical than its political message.

Greenland 1927/1928

1927 • 10 min

General views of everyday life for Greenland Inuits, showing them kayaking, fishing etc.

Muraliwala

1927 • 44 min • India

Raman and Radha are together, sharing for the first time genuine conjugal happiness, Radha is also happy because she has, presumably, killed her internal demon with a message from Krishna, that she finds Him in her husband. But then the demon resurfaces again: the nightmare continues.

The Revelers

1927 • 9 min • United States of America

The Revelers sing a couple of songs around the piano.

Walking from Munich to Berlin

1927 • 4 min • Germany

In 1927, motivated by a longing for freedom, Fischinger set off on a walking trip from Munich to Berlin. Covering the distance in nearly four weeks, he captured the country’s hidden beauty. His voyage serves as a symbolical transition and underlines a belief that people are the same everywhere.

Revezes...

1927 • 44 min • Brazil

A rare title of the Recife Cycle, Revezes… was made by workers of print shops in harsh conditions. The story revolves around a rural environment ruled by a cruel farmer that explores the workers and acts like a tyrant. Jacinto has a son with the same nature and wants to conquer Célia’s love by force. But the daughter of cattleman Augusto loves Carlos, son of cattleman Anselmo. On account of the low salaries, the cattlemen build up a revolt, taking the events to a big confrontation.

The Happiness Boys

1927 • 9 min

The Happiness Boys: Ernie Hare and Billy Jones a comedic duo start by singing 'How Do You Do,' they then segue into 'Pardon Me While I Laugh'" They also entertain with some jokes and melodic harmonies for Vitaphone.

Hawaiian Nights

1927 • 8 min

The Hawaiian Beach Scene Orchestra performs six local Hawaiian tunes for the Vitaphone cameras.

Giro the Germ Episode 1

1927 • 8 min • United Kingdom

Animated public information film from the Health and Cleanliness Council.

Official Opening of McTaggart Esplanade

1927 • 3 min • New Zealand

A local occasion filmed at Rapahoe Beach on the West Coast of the South Island.

By Whose Hand?

1927 • 57 min

By Whose Hand? is a lost 1927 American silent crime drama film directed by Walter Lang and released by Columbia Pictures.

L’Histoire du cinéma par le cinéma

1927 • 52 min

Short French documentary is essentially an "Archeology of Cinema," which is divided into two parts: 1) "The Past: Chronophotography, Origins, Development, First Inventions," and 2) "The Present: Modern Techniques, and applications in science and spectacle," guide spectators trough the various stages of development of moving images as they were understood at the time.

Pontevedra, cuna de Colón

1927 • 24 min • Spain

Speculative historical essay defending the theory, sustained by Spanish historian Celso García de la Riega (1844-1914) and his followers, that the famous explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was born in a small village near the city of Pontevedra, in the region of Galicia, Spain. (A new version was released in 1930.)

Crystals in Color

1927 • 7 min • Netherlands

Several versions of Mol's film "From the Realm of the Crystals" exist; In the film, the crystallization processes of various chemicals are shown. This is a shorter, colour version of the film which was made ​​using Dufay colour.

God Speed! The Duke and Duchess of York Leave on HMS Renown for their Six Months Empire Tour: Topical Budget 802-2

1927 • 2 min • United Kingdom

The Duke and Duchess leave from Portsmouth on their Empire tour. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

A One Man Game

1927 • 52 min • United States of America

The efforts of crooked rancher Stephen Laban to force his local bank into an unsecured loan are foiled by Fred Hunter and Jake Robbins, and Laban vows vengeance on the pair; but he is temporarily thwarted by the arrival from the East of society girl Millicent Delacey. Knowing her weakness for social prestige, Hunter arranges to masquerade as the Duke of Black Butte, a visiting nobleman on a hunting expedition; Millicent and her social-climbing mother completely succumb to the duke's charm.

The Golf Widow

1927 • 2 min • United States of America

A silent film, his first, made by acclaimed animator Bob Clampett.

Sea Palace

1927 • 9 min • Japan

Before Masaoka Kenzō became one of Japan’s main animation pioneers, he directed two live-action featurettes full of special effects, both considered lost. Until this abridged version of the children’s fairy tale Sea Palace was found, now restored by the Kobe Planet Film Archive with the support of IFFR. A sensation for animation lovers.

L'Arrivo Del Principe Ereditario

1927 • 3 min

Pathé Baby short by Guglielmo Baldassini.

Ukrainization

1927 • 10 min • Soviet Union

An animated propaganda film depicting the curiosities of Ukrainization in the 1920s in a satirical form. It was prepared in the animation workshop of VUFKU in the spring of 1927 under the leadership of Levandovsky as his third work using paper dolls after "The Tale of the Straw Bull" and "The Tale of the Squirrel-Housewife and the Mouse-Villain" and was not planned for wide release. The film is lost.