Home > 1928 in film

1 Events

Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent.

• November 18 - Disney's Steamboat Willie premieres. This animated short was the first film to include a soundtrack, completely created in post production, including sound effects, music, and dialogue.

2 Top grossing films

1. The Singing Fool
2. The Lights of New York
3. West of Zanzibar

3 Academy Awards

• Best Actor: Emil Jannings for The Last Command and the 1927 movie The Way of All Flesh
• Best Actress: Janet Gaynor for Street Angel and the 1927 movies Seventh Heaven and Sunrise

Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years, which is why there is no 'Best Picture' for a 1928 film.

4 Movies released

Movies released in 1928 include:

• The Cameraman , a Buster Keaton film.
• Champagne , directed by Alfred HitchcockSir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE ( 13 August 1899 29 April, 1980) was a British film director closely associated with the suspense genre. Influenced by expressionism in Germany, he began directing in England, and worked in the United States from 1939..
• The Circus, starring, directed and written by Charles Chaplin.
• The CrowdThe Crowd a film, released in 1928, was nominated for the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production. The film discusses the sameness, the emptiness, of being a nameless face in the cog of business. John (played by James Murray), marries Mary ( Elea, directed by King VidorKing Vidor ( February 8, 1894 November 1, 1982) was an American film director. He was born in Galveston, Texas. A freelance newsreel cameraman and cinema projectionist, he made his debut as a director in 1913 with the two-reel film In Tow''. In Hollywood.
• The Docks of New YorkThe Docks of New York is a 1928 film which tells the story of a prostitute who tries to rise above her life on the docks by finding love. It stars George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova, Clyde Cook and Mitchell Lewis. The movie was adapted by Jule, starring George BancroftAlternate meaning: George Bancroft (actor George Bancroft ( October 3, 1800 January 17, 1891), American historian and statesman, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. His family had been in America since 1632, and his father, Aaron Bancroft, was distingui, Betty CompsonBetty Compson ( March 19, 1897 April 18, 1974) was an American actress. Born Eleanor Luicime Compson in Beaver, Utah, she had an extensive filmography, with 25 performances in 1916 alone, although most of them are shorts. In 1928 she appeared in The Barke and Olga Baclanova.
• Easy Virtue , directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
• The Farmer's Wife, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, starring Ruth Taylor and Alice White, subtitles written by Anita Loos.
• The Last Command, starring Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent and William Powell.
• Laugh, Clown, Laugh , starring Lon Chaney.
• The Lights of New York (a true 'talkie' with Vitaphone sound)
• The Man Who Laughs , starring Mary Philbin and Conrad Veidt.
• The Matinee Idol , starring Bessie Love and Johnnie Walker; directed by Frank Capra.
• The Mysterious Lady ,starring Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel .
• Our Dancing Daughters , starring Joan Crawford.
• The Passion of Joan of Arc, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
• Sadie Thompson, starring Gloria Swanson and Lionel Barrymore.
• Show People , starring Marion Davies.
• The Singing Fool , starring Al Jolson and Betty Bronson .
• Speedy, starring Harold Lloyd.
• Steamboat Bill, Jr., a Buster Keaton film.
• Steamboat Willie, a Walt Disney Mickey Mouse short.
• Street Angel, starring starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell .
• The Wedding March , starring Erich von Stroheim and Fay Wray.
• West of Zanzibar , starring Lon Chaney and Lionel Barrymore.
• West Point, starring William Haines and Joan Crawford.
• The Wind, starring Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson .
• A Woman of Affairs , starring Greta Garbo.