Search results for "1928"
The Telltale Heart

The Telltale Heart

The Telltale Heart
IMDb: 6.9
24

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 executes it one…

Genre: Drama, Horror
Pan Tadeusz

Pan Tadeusz

Pan Tadeusz
IMDb: 5.9
125

Pan Tadeusz (film 1928) is a Polish historical film directed by Ryszard Ordynski based on the national epic of Poland, an 1834 poem by Adam Mickiewicz.

Genre: History, Romance
Gow the Head Hunter

Gow the Head Hunter

Gow the Head Hunter
IMDb: 6
70

Captain Edward A. Salisbury was a noted millionaire explorer and writer, whose exploration stories of the islands of the South Seas Pacific appeared often in “The National Geographic,” and other…

Genre: Documentary
Eleven P.M.

Eleven P.M.

Eleven P.M.
IMDb: 5.9
66

A truly bizarre mixture of sentimentality, spirituality and the supernatural, Eleven P.M. follows an impoverished violinist who tries to protect a young girl from straying into a life of sin…

Genre: Drama
Daredevils

Daredevils

Daredevils
IMDb: 6.5
135

Summer 1914. Mobilization. Filipek works as an apprentice in a winery. Expelled by the owner, he enlists in the legions that are being created. On the recruiting committee, he meets…

Genre: Drama, War
The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra

The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra

The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra
IMDb: 7.1
14

This short experimental film tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized. He is identified by the number…

Genre: Drama
A Night of Mystery

A Night of Mystery

A Night of Mystery
IMDb: N/A
60

Bound for Africa the next day, Captain Ferréol visits Gilberte Boismartel, his former sweetheart who is now married to Rochemore, a French magistrate, to return her love letters. Leaving he…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Yacht of the Seven Sins

Yacht of the Seven Sins

Yacht of the Seven Sins
IMDb: 6.3
81

The ship-owner Herr Reeder Roberts organizes a world trip on his luxury liner “Yoshiwara”. Aboard are millionaires and famous artists, but also criminals. The manager of the ship-owner, Stefan Martini,…

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Tropic Madness

Tropic Madness

Tropic Madness
IMDb: N/A
65

Herbert Pomeroy’s wife Juanita spends his money extravagantly and irresponsibly, finally driving him to bankruptcy. Desperate, he sends his son Frankie to live with his friend Henderson, a South Seas…

Genre: Drama
Woman Wise

Woman Wise

Woman Wise
IMDb: N/A
62

In Jedda, Persia, American consul George Gage, known as a woman hater, is shocked when his newly arrived assistant, “Billie Baxter,” whom he assumes will be a man, turns out…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Verdun: Visions of History

Verdun: Visions of History

Verdun: Visions of History
IMDb: N/A
151

A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.

Noah’s Ark

Noah’s Ark

Noah’s Ark
IMDb: N/A
135

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.

Genre: Drama, War
The Last Warning

The Last Warning

The Last Warning
IMDb: N/A
89

A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the…

In Old Arizona

In Old Arizona

In Old Arizona
IMDb: N/A
95

Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot…

Genre: Western
L’Argent

L’Argent

L’Argent
IMDb: N/A
165

Adapted from the novel L’Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.

Genre: Drama
The Wind

The Wind

The Wind
IMDb: N/A
76

When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she…

You’re Darn Tootin’

You’re Darn Tootin’

You’re Darn Tootin’
IMDb: N/A
21

Members of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else’s lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor.

Genre: Comedy
West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar
IMDb: N/A
70

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician’s wife.

We Faw Down

We Faw Down

We Faw Down
IMDb: N/A
20

Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of…

Genre: Comedy
Underground

Underground

Underground
IMDb: N/A
93

A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are attracted to the same…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Two Tars

Two Tars

Two Tars
IMDb: N/A
21

Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists….

Genre: Comedy
The Trail of ’98

The Trail of ’98

The Trail of ’98
IMDb: N/A
87

Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.

Genre: Action, Adventure
That Certain Thing

That Certain Thing

That Certain Thing
IMDb: N/A
64

Gold-digger Molly marries the heir to a fortune, but things go badly when he is disinherited and starts working as a ditch digger.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Street Angel

Street Angel

Street Angel
IMDb: N/A
102

A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Their Purple Moment

Their Purple Moment

Their Purple Moment
IMDb: N/A
22

The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan’s wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan’s secret stash of mad money. The boys run up…

Genre: Comedy
Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie
IMDb: N/A
8

Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.
IMDb: N/A
70

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he’s not seen since he was a child.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Spies

Spies

Spies
IMDb: N/A
145

The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government’s secret service.

Genre: Romance, Thriller
Speedy

Speedy

Speedy
IMDb: N/A
86

A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend’s grandfather’s horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a…

Genre: Comedy
So This Is Love

So This Is Love

So This Is Love
IMDb: N/A
56

So This is Love? was another early Frank Capra production for fledgling Columbia Pictures. The hero, dress designer Jerry McGuire (William Collier Jr.), is tired of being considered a wimp….

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Should Married Men Go Home?

Should Married Men Go Home?

Should Married Men Go Home?
IMDb: N/A
20

Mrs. Hardy throws Ollie and Stan out of the house. They try to impress two young ladies at a golf course and end up fighting with other golfers.

Genre: Comedy
Shiraz: A Romance of India

Shiraz: A Romance of India

Shiraz: A Romance of India
IMDb: N/A
106

A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz. She is abducted and sold as a slave…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Sex Life of the Polyp

The Sex Life of the Polyp

The Sex Life of the Polyp
IMDb: N/A
11

Dr. Benchley is addressing the Ladies Club on the subject of the reproductive habits of the polyp, a small aquatic organism. Although he is not able to display his live…

Genre: Comedy
Riley the Cop

Riley the Cop

Riley the Cop
IMDb: N/A
68

In this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down a young man who stole money from a local bakery.

Genre: Comedy
The Racket

The Racket

The Racket
IMDb: N/A
84

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Storm Over Asia

Storm Over Asia

Storm Over Asia
IMDb: N/A
127

In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl
IMDb: N/A
38

An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm,…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc
IMDb: N/A
81

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she’d spoken to God, Jeanne d’Arc…

Genre: Drama, History
The Pace That Kills

The Pace That Kills

The Pace That Kills
IMDb: N/A
64

Young farmboy leaves for the big city to get a job and find his sister; both of them get involved with drug dealers and become opium/cocaine addicts.

Genre: Drama
Our Dancing Daughters

Our Dancing Daughters

Our Dancing Daughters
IMDb: N/A
84

A flapper who’s secretly a good girl and a gold-digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.

Genre: Drama, Romance