Barnyard Rivals

Barnyard Rivals 1928

1

"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 rivals in love they are constantly up to all sorts of tricks which every now and then show a tinge of humor." - Review from Motion Picture News

1928

Beau Broadway

Beau Broadway 1928

1

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 a child. Mona turns out to be a beautiful young woman, however, and Jim overnight stops drinking and chasing skirts, becoming a devoted family man. Killer Gordon, one of Jim's fighters, becomes friendly with Mona, and Jim, believing that she loves Killer in return, himself turns for consolation to his former mistress, Yvonne, whom he asks to marry him.

1928

Wyoming

Wyoming 1928

1

A girl leads the way across the great Oregon Trail.

1928

Midnight Life

Midnight Life 1928

1

When his buddy is murdered a dedicated cop, goes after the gang responsible.

1928

Varsity

Varsity 1928

1

The story deals with college life at Princeton with a different angle of situations and romance than is usually served from the screen (Tampa Times, Nov. 1928)

1928

Cocktails

Cocktails 1928

1

The guardian of an heiress tries to destroy the reputation of her lover by planting drugs on him.

1928

Heart Trouble

Heart Trouble 1928

1

No known surviving copy is known to exist. This well received film revolved around Harry Van Housen's rejection from service in WWI and subsequent heroism in foiling a ring of spies.

1928

Spies

Spies 1928

7.30

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.

1928

Janssons frestelse

Janssons frestelse 1928

1

Baron von Werner and Gunnar Jansson are in a dispute over property rights. Inga, the baron's daughter, arrives home from France and is soon interested in Jansson, her father's archival, and tempers flare. Based on the play by Sigurd Wallén.

1928

Her Royal Lover

Her Royal Lover 1928

1

Based on the play and subsequent operetta of the same name.

1928

Burning Daylight

Burning Daylight 1928

4.50

Elam "Burning Daylight" Harnish is a prospector who makes a million dollars in the Dawson, Alaska gold rush and loses the million dollars in Dawson. He journeys to San Francisco, makes three million dollars and loses it in San Francisco. He returns to Alaska and eventually finds his treasure.

1928

Interference

Interference 1928

7.00

Paramount's first all-talking picture, Interference was dismally directed by Roy Pomeroy, whose lofty status as the studio's "technical wizard" did not necessarily qualify him to be a director. Evelyn Brent heads the cast as scheming Deborah Kane, who sets out to blackmail Faith Marley (Doris Kenyon), the above-reproach wife of Sir John Marlay.

1928

The Duel

The Duel 1928

1

The unfaithful wife of an airplane manufacturer is abandoned by her lover, a famous aviator, and kills herself. The widowed husband vows revenge on the aviator.

1928

The Burglar

The Burglar 1928

5.00

A man, accidentally locked out of his house is mistaken for a burglar as he attempts to re-enter the house. The gag is that the person mistaking him, is an actual burglar thinking the man to be a rival to his score.

1928

On Trial

On Trial 1928

6.00

A man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful and decides to defend him. However, he is very inexperienced.

1928

School Begins

School Begins 1928

1

One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the unenviable ritual of returning to school during the first week of September. School begins and some gang members are forging notes from their mother wanting out. Then too-young Wheezer parades by the school with escaped circus seals following him, causing a disturbance.

1928