Wallflowers

Wallflowers 1928

1

Sandra and her sister Dody (Theodora) leave the Virginia countryside to join Washington's social set. Dody determines to marry wealth, while Sandra wants romance. Both girls' fortunes are reversed when Sandra falls in love with wealthy Rufus Fisk, whose stepmother threatens to cut him off if he marries her. Dody loves Gale Markham, an ex-soldier, once wealthy, in whom the beautiful Stephanie Moore also takes an interest. Gale returns Dody's affection, but he is reluctant to propose marriage because of his depleted finances. Both girls find happiness when Rufus sacrifices his wealth for Sandra, and Dody her desire to marry money for Gale.

1928

The Man Without a Face

The Man Without a Face 1928

1

The Man Without a Face is a 1928 American adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.

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

Vamping Venus

Vamping Venus 1928

1

A present-day stereotypically-Irish American politician is vaulted into ancient Greece after receiving a bump on the head. This film is lost.

1928

Annapolis

Annapolis 1928

3.00

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 accused of a crime committed by his friend, and because he doesn't squeal, he wins the heart and hand of the blond Betty. She is his friend's girl.

1928

Feel My Pulse

Feel My Pulse 1928

6.13

A rich but hypochondriac heiress inherits a sanitarium. What she doesn't know is that it is a front for bootleggers, and a hideout for criminals on the run from the law.

1928

Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie 1928

7.30

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

1928

Cleopatra

Cleopatra 1928

1

An early retelling of Cleopatra’s story.

1928

Tôribêyama shinjû

Tôribêyama shinjû 1928

1

The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.

1928

The Apache

The Apache 1928

1

Sonya, a Marseilles Cafe performer involved with a pack of thieves is rescued from her criminal life by a police official who sends her lover and partner in a knife-throwing act to jail and then tries to seduce her. Not submitting to the official's advances, she falls in love with an Apache dancer in Paris and works with him, holding her other admirer at a distance. The official is mysteriously killed, presumably by her lover, it then falls to Sonya to find the real felon.

1928

Midnight Life

Midnight Life 1928

1

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

1928

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928

7.98

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 is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

1928

Forgotten Faces

Forgotten Faces 1928

1

A petty thief who robs the very rich at speakeasies, and gets away with it because the rich don't want the bad publicity, is finally caught and sent to Sing Sing. After good behavior, he gets an emergency permission for a return home, so that he may save his daughter from the hands of her disreputable mother. However, he must first promise not to kill his wife while he is out of prison.

1928

The Beautiful Spy

The Beautiful Spy 1928

1

A complete version of the film is held by Cineteca Del Friuli.

1928

Luther

Luther 1928

6.30

German silent film about the life of Martin Luther

1928

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

The Mysterious Lady

The Mysterious Lady 1928

7.30

A beautiful Russian spy seduces an Austrian military officer in order to obtain secret plans. When she falls in love with him, both are placed in danger.

1928