1928 Movies

José Bohr performs an interpretation of a Spanish-language adaptation of the song Miss Annabel Lee, which is in foxtrot rhythm and was originally perf...

A film that follows the exploration of the Hamilton River in Newfoundland and Labrador by Yale students Varick Frissell & Jim Hillier. Plus the di...

The film portrays Shanghai, China in the early 1920s. It shows the contrasts between the world of Western expatriates (including Britons, Americans, N...

Silent action film featuring forest rangers.

A short silent comedy set in Takapuna, Auckland. Features Hector St. Clair, the London Pantomime Comedian. One of 23 community comedies made by direct...

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Wax figures in a museum come to life thanks to a fairy. The Santa figure tells the frightening looking figures they must bring happiness to the world.

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

Prague, City of a Hundred Spires

A reporter travelling in the Balkans is trying to gain a deeper understanding of the region, which is a melting pot of cultures, languages and religio...

This is a record of the special fleet review that Emperor Showa attended for the first time after his enthronement ceremony, and is a companion piece...

This work documents the enthronement ceremony and a series of rituals of Emperor Showa, which took place over nearly a month in November 1928. The nat...

A cycle of songs performed by the singer Florence Brady.

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 wife...

"He [Walter Lantz] and Tiny Ward are the two comics who are crazy about their visitor from the city, the very decorative Peggy Shaw. As they are riva...

A sailor is rescued after a storm, and accepted into a small fishing village, even though he’s lost all memories of his life before the shipwrecking....

Short silent documentary on Carnaval at Malmédy, Belgium.

A silent film adaptation of the popular, yet legendary, tragic romance between Mughal Prince Salim (the future Emperor Jahangir) and the courtesan Ana...

The duo sings "Pastafazoola" and "Hungry Women."