All Films

A Tale of Little Straw Bull

1927 • 10 min • Soviet Union

The script is based on a folk tale. It was the first animation in Ukrainian cinema. The film is lost.

State Coal Mining Company, Heerlen

1927 • 17 min • Netherlands

Documentary about the Staatsmijnen (state mines) in Limburg, Netherlands.

Bolvashka's Adventures

1927 • 19 min • Soviet Union

A group of children goes to the toy museum and then toy workshop. The master makes Bolvashka - a wooden Pinocchio-like boy on hinges. Upon returning, children tell their friends about the museum and dream of Bolvashka being alive.

From the Realm of the Crystals

1927 • 13 min • Netherlands

'Uit het rijk der kristallen' is one of several scientific films made ​​by J.C. Mol. In the film, the crystallization processes of various chemicals are shown. There are different versions of Uit het rijk der kristallen: the original silent film was given a soundtrack in the 1930s, and there is a colour version of the film which was made ​​using Dufay colour. A clip from the film, or other shots of identical crystallization processes, can be seen in Mol’s other films. The film was not only screened at educational and scientific presentations, but also resonated within avant-garde circles. The film was screened at the first show presented by the Harlem branch of the Filmliga. This was followed by a screening at Amsterdam’s Filmliga, and at ‘Studio 28’ in Paris. There, the film was screened as a ‘triptyque’, with three projectors side by side.

Prometheus Bound

1927 • 16 min • Greece

Prometheus, a Titan who defies the gods and gives fire to mankind, acts for which he is subjected to perpetual punishment.

Vigário Sport Club

1927 • 10 min • Portugal

An ironic comedy to the sports world about the corrupt gears of football. As goalkeeper, figure a dwarf...

A Ship of Oranges

1927 • 8 min • Japan

A somewhat historical tale about a famous Japanese businessman who made his fortune by shipping oranges from the farmlands to the capital city of Edo.

Phil Ohman & Victor Arden (Piano Duetists)

1927 • 7 min

Phil and Victor prove their virtuosity by entertaining us with three tunes on the piano in a variety of ways and remaining syncopated.

Stomach Trouble

1927 • 10 min • United States of America

Short, comical cartoon about comic strip character Krazy Kat who makes several futile attempts to get food.

Rev. S.S. Jones Home Movie: Yale Collection Film 16

1927 • 17 min

Residences, clergy, and other locations in Clearview, OK; Okmulgee, OK; Muskogee, OK; Wetumka, OK; Okmulgee, OK; Wewoka, OK; Holdenville, OK; Shawnee, OK;

I martiri d'Italia

1927 • 23 min • Italy

The Isle of Forgotten Women

1927 • 58 min • United States of America

Directed by George B. Seitz. With Conway Tearle, Dorothy Sebastian, Gibson Gowland, Alice Calhoun.

Rocío Dalbaicín

1927 • 30 min • Spain

Rocío Dalbaicín is a singer who returns to Spain after a long stay in America. Now, she triumphs again in Barcelona, ​​but various love problems await her there.

Luis Pardo

1927 • 48 min • Peru

Luis Pardo, witness to the murder of his sister at the hands of the gamonal Cesar Pradera, seeks revenge and becomes a bandit, stealing from the rich to give to the poor.

Mitka, Petka and Chemberlen

1927 • 58 min • Soviet Union

Homeless boys Mitka and Petka feed on sausages stolen from the shops by their four-legged friend "Tresor". After watching the circus performance, the children will change the dog's name and call him "Chamberlain" like the circus performer dog. Because of their street adventures, the boys will be placed in an orphanage, where Mitka and Petka will become pioneers. One day, "Chamberlain" saves Mitka from drowning, and the pioneers give him a new name, "Ertgula".

Visit to Yogyakarta and Surakarta

1927 • 25 min • Indonesia, Netherlands

A reportage about the Javanese cities of Yogyakarta and Surakarta in the Dutch East Indies; this film was commissioned by the Ministry of Colonies.

Waring's Pennsylvanians

1927 • 10 min

Three musical numbers performed by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians for Vitaphone.

Galosh No. 18

1927 • 36 min • Soviet Union

An office worker decides to buy new galoshes to replace his worn-out shoes. Believing that one cannot find good footwear at government-owned stores, he puchases galoshes from a private seller.

Ko-Ko the Knight

1927 • 6 min • United States of America

When a beautiful princess escapes from the ink bottle, only to be captured by a villainous knave, Max draws a stove which he has Ko-Ko use as armor, inflates Fitz into a destrier and sends them off in a deed of daring-do.

Twinkle, Twinkle

1927 • 11 min

Directing a want to be actor, P. T. Robinson to visually portray emotions, after he told the lady he just met. He tries to emote a variety of human actions for the actress after she asks him to portray some emotions. What an actor.

Find the King

1927 • 22 min • United States of America

In this two-reel comedy, Edward Everett Horton is the pampered scion of a family, raised by a couple of prissy aunts. He does card tricks. Through various machinations, he winds up running a saloon out west, where he charms one of the two tough guys in town by taking away his tie and fixing a bow tie to him; the other, Jack Curtis, he bests at poker "for keeps!" and wins the heart of local good girl Violet Bird.

First in the Field

1927 • 2 min • United Kingdom

First county cricket match of the season between champions Lancashire and Warwickshire.

Soldier's Fantasy

1927 • 28 min • Italy

A feature film by Elvira Notari, Italy's earliest and most prolific female filmmaker.

Jackals of Rawat

1927 • 51 min • Soviet Union

At the center of the story is the family drama of farmer Jalil from the village of Rawat, his wanderings and attempts to save his beloved girl Karaman. Her father is in debt to the local bai Abdu-Nabi and gives his daughter to him as his wife. In the vicinity of the village, the remains of Akram Khan's Basmachi gang are rampaging. Abdu-Nabi maintains a close connection with Rawat’s “jackals”. Jalil goes to the mountains to the Basmachi...