Movies 1928 Page 43

During World War I, the British navy disguised some of its warships as civilian cargo ships, known as Q Ships, in order to fool the Germans. German...

Val and Ernie Stanton make their second appearance in a Vitaphone short. This time out the two basically stand in the same spot as they re-create...

A young French girl from a small town runs away to Paris to gain fame and fortune in the nightclub circuit. However, she soon finds out that "show...

Discouraged chorus girl is torn between a rich man and all he can offer and a starving artist which is where her heart truly lies.

Comedian Chaz Chase performs his vaudeville act.

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

Concerns a young woman who embarks on a series of love affairs. Originally around 100 minutes, only a 23 minute, 9.5mm cut-down version is known to...

Two engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.

A short film featuring the debut of actress Miriam Hopkins.

Rinty rescues heroine June and hero Pat from all manner of desert dangers, both natural and man-made. The film's high point of tension finds the...

Depressive Toni is diagnosed with idlesness by his doctor who recommends more excitement and danger. Another patient, a celebrated detective who...

A story with a college background revolves around sprinter Charles Paddock, utilizing newsreel footage of the 1924 Olympic Games.

Disappointed that her daughter has not married into money, a mother meddles trying to make the girl unhappy with life in her new home, the economical...

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Dr. Dolittle has arrived in the land of monkeys, where gorillas, orangutans, baboons and spiders await medical attention. But how can one do it...

A pulsing drama of modern life centering about a young war-widow and her son.

Gambler and fight promoter Jim Lambert, grants Gunner O'Brien his dying wish and agrees to care for Gunner's granddaughter, Mona, believing her to be...

Early sound film of a popular stage puppet show.

A two reel comedy starring Bobby Vernon and Andy Clyde

'Scotland Yard hunt for a dangerous criminal who has returned to Britain after many years away.' (BFI)

The film is about a desert-bound member of the French Foreign Legion who exposes a betrayer to the Legion and is then sent on a mission among the...

Oswald is with his mates in a fox hunt, but he finds his horse is stubborn and won't let him ride at first. Meanwhile, the sly fox outwits the dogs...

Bill is a young man who arrives at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He is an incorrigible know-all, and emerges a sober man. Meanwhile, Bill is...

The Smith Family goes for bargain hunt at a warehouse sale.

Rascha, the wild daughter of Costa, the Gypsy bear tamer, swears revenge on Jorga, her father's enemy, when he cuts off her braids (a sign of...

An insane man first loves then grows to hate his neighbor, an old man whose penetrating gaze unnerves the insane man. He plans a perfect crime and...

Oswald plays a cowboy who must rescue Sadie from a runaway stagecoach and Pegleg Pete.

Rex Hale, a reform mayor, closes the musical comedy "Powder My Back" because he feels that it is immoral. Indignant, Fritzi Foy, star of the comedy,...

'A destitute girl inherits a fortune from her grandmother, and has to fight off fortune hunters. She is eventually reunited with the man who first...

'France, 1918. Armistice saves girl and pilot from death, but not Canadian agent.' (British Film Catalogue)

Amos faces a few difficulties as he tries to drive his cross-eyed wife and their two rambunctious children to California.

Rough Ridin' Red is a 1928 silent Western.

Charley brings an actor friend home to dinner without telling his wife beforehand, and she protests. The two instead head to a theater. Charley's...

Sports-loving inventor Richard Shelby develops an "Elasto-Tweed" golf suit then hits the road in hopes of making a few sales. Along the way, he meets...

An Inkwell Imps short.