All Films

The Relay

1927 • 22 min • United States of America

When the freshman girls beat the sophomore girls in the big relay race, the 'Frosh' start lording it over the 'Sophs.' Will the 'Sophs' take that kind of treatment? Not a chance!

Mickey's Battle

1927 • 15 min • United States of America

A bantamweight boxer has moved to Toonerville with his sissy-looking but well-trained son. When he gets into a dispute with Mickey Maguire, nothing will settle the matter but a meeting in the squared ring.

The Romantic Age

1927 • 56 min

Engaged to middle-aged Eugene O'Brien, Alberta Vaughn develops a yen for O'Brien's handsome younger brother Stanley Taylor. But when Taylor succumbs to her charms, she spurns him with a severe tongue-lashing. Understandably confused, the mild-mannered Taylor turns nasty, causing a rift between himself and O'Brien. The two brothers are reconciled when one saves the other from a burning building.

At the Foot of Etna

1927 • 13 min • Germany

Documentary short about Sicily.

Foreign Devils

1927 • 50 min • United States of America

Capt. Robert Kelly holds off the foreign mob single-handed and makes good his escape during the Boxer rebellion.

Dog Heaven

1927 • 32 min • United States of America

Poor Pete the Pup. He wants to hang himself because his master, Joe, has given up playing with him and going fishing for the love of a girl. A dog friend of Pete's stops him in the nick of time, and in flashback Pete tells him of his sorrows; Pete becomes a drunkard and is chased away by Joe. The last straw comes when another dog knocks Joe's sweetheart into a lake and Pete is blamed for it. Will Pete carry through with his suicide or will Joe apologize?

The Tungus

1927 • 12 min • Soviet Union

A look at the life of the Evenki people, formerly known as the Tungus, indigenous to North Asia.

Life in Hollywood No. 6

1927 • 8 min

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

1927 • 5 min

An early animated Song Car-Tune from the Fleischer Studios.

Wolf's Trail

1927 • 50 min • United States of America

Heralded as a "Universal Thrill Feature," this minor outdoor melodrama starred Dynamite, one of canine phenomenon Rin Tin Tin's legion of imitators. Veteran actor Edmund Cobb headed the human cast as Captain Tom Grant, a Texas ranger impersonating an outlaw in order to infiltrate a gang of smugglers.

Uproar in an Art Studio

1927 • 11 min

Lost film. Commonly regarded as the first animated short film in China. The film was combined with live footage, about an artist working in his studio. Suddenly he is disturbed by a small paper person jumping out of the page causing an uproar. Modeled after the American "Out of the Inkwell" series.

The Bachelor's Baby

1927 • 56 min • United States of America

Directed by Frank R. Strayer. With Helene Chadwick, Harry Myers, Midget Gustav, Edith Murgatroyd.

Jews on the Land

1927 • 25 min • Soviet Union

This documentary depicts the creation of collective farms for Jews in Crimea. It shows them building their houses, digging a well, and farming the land.

A Hero on Horseback

1927 • 60 min • United States of America

A chronic gambler whose addiction has lost him his ranch. On the verge of total bustitude, he discovers that a gold mine, of which he is part-owner, has finally paid off. Once his debts are settled, his first move is to buy out the local banker who'd foreclosed on him.

Anything Once!

1927 • 20 min

ANYTHING ONCE! is a Cinderella story. Mabel works in a tailor shop, pressing clothes and dreaming of a better life. We're told that she's taken a lot of bumps in life and doesn't know where the next bump is coming from, which sounds uncomfortably close to the leading lady's real-life situation. Her boss is Jimmy Finlayson, but instead of playing the expected sourpuss Finn is quite benign here, and doesn't even punish Mabel when she accidentally sets his toupee on fire.

Alice's Circus Daze

1927 • 7 min • United States of America

Alice and Julius are getting ready for their big performance at the circus while many of the other acts are being showcased. They are acrobats, with Julius balancing on a tightrope holding several stacked chairs, and Alice sitting atop the topmost chair. When Julius lights a cigar he accidentally throws the match onto the rope, burning it and sending them clattering to the ground.

The Adventures of Villar

1927 • 24 min • Greece

Originally thought of as the oldest surviving Greek feature film, before it was discovered that it wasn't released in 1924, but in 1927. Burlesque comedian Sfakianos, who had trained in France, stars as Villar. Villar gets a job at a dry cleaner’s and wanders through Athens. He makes one gaffe after the other and gets involved in various adventures.

Born to Battle

1927 • 46 min • United States of America

A cowboy is framed for his father's murder. His investigation leads him into the middle of a bitter feud between two families, and he winds up falling in love with the niece of the man who actually killed his father.

Koko’s Kane

1927 • 6 min

Koko and Fitz want to play, but Max is working on his newest invention -- he actually was an inventor and held patents on rotoscoping -- so he stuffs them in a safe with his convertible cane/umbrella. When they start pushing buttons, things start to happen.

Koko Back Tracks

1927 • 9 min • United States of America

Ko-Ko and Fitz find that everything in their cartoon world is moving backwards. After entering the real world, they go inside a clock and move the hands backward, causing life all around the city to run in reverse.

Koko Needles the Boss

1927 • 7 min • United States of America

Ko-Ko the Clown is brought to life with a needle and thread.

The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross

1927 • 20 min • United States of America

George Washington, commander of revolutionary American forces, ends a squabble among the colonies as to under which flag the Americans will fight the British by recommending a new flag for all the colonies. He asks Betsy Ross to design and create the first flag. Meanwhile, British officer Brandon has crossed enemy lines in order to visit secretly his wife, who boards in the same house as Betsy Ross. Ross helps Mrs. Brandon hide her husband, but then Washington himself discovers the hidden enemy and must decide whether love or the rules of war shall prevail.

From Gaol to Rectory

1927 • 1 min • United Kingdom

On a blustery January day bishops arrive for the opening of the new Knutsford Test School.

Three Miles Up

1927 • 50 min • United States of America

Dick Morgan, formerly a professional crook, returns from the war as the "Ace" of his squadron.