Cinematic Era: 1927 Vintage

Richthofen (aka Richthofen, The Red Knight of the Air and Richthofen, The Red Ace of Germany) is a 1927 German silent war film directed by Desider Kertesz and Peter Joseph. The film was subsequently re-mastered with sound and music effects and re-released in the United States in 1929. The film stars Georg Burghardt, Sybil Moore and Arne Molander. Richthofen was the first film to portray the life of the First World War fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen.

Trying to escape a chase, a little skater wins the first prize at the competition.

Pete on the farm.

In order to face the payment of the landlord, Antonio works in the most varied snags, while his daughter reads novels. A watchman job gives him fame as a tough man and earns everyone respect.

When Red Walden loses out in the annual town motor race, Aunt Hattie Wayne and her niece Sally advise him to pay more attention to his garage.

The adventures of two friends, Kvick and Blixten.

A man who has been jilted by the woman he loves sets out to recover her stolen jewels in order that she can be happy with her new husband.

The Revelers sing a couple of songs around the piano.

Felix hires out to an optometrist as a mouse catcher.

Jimmy and May, young lovers, run away from their dreary farm lives to live in the city, though they don't marry. Soon Jimmy finds things aren't working out and has little ambition to work or affection for May left. In desperation he sells May into the hands of a pimp and a madam in a brothel. They don't meet again until, wounded while running from the police, he runs into a hospital ward where she's being treated for the ravages of social diseases she's accrued in the course of her degradation.

A chauffeur becomes an officer and later cares for his master's widow and child.

A 1927 American silent melodrama film.

Images of the Biscayan town of Plencia: the views of the city taken from the estuary, its streets, the Astillero square, the music band followed by the authorities as they parade through the streets of the old town, children playing on the beach and the Sanatorium of Gorliz. Also, there are images of the eve of San Antolin's Day celebrated on September 1, 1927. These images show the Parish of Santa María Magdalena de Plencia and the market.

Shows road building and repair by the Bureau of Public Roads in Mt. Rainier National Park. Rock is blasted in a quarry, crushed, and used in resurfacing roads. Shows Nisqually glacier, rivers, and other scenery in the park.

First county cricket match of the season between champions Lancashire and Warwickshire.

Short featuring Fearless the Dog

18th episode in the Newlyweds and Their Baby 2-reel comedy series and Snookums compile a list of toys he wants from Santa.

When a beautiful princess escapes from the ink bottle, only to be captured by a villainous knave, Max draws a stove which he has Ko-Ko use as armor, inflates Fitz into a destrier and sends them off in a deed of daring-do.

John Charles Thomas (1891-1960) was a celebrated American baritone. Here is an early 1927 Vitaphone film of him singing two songs.

Ko-Ko and Fitz try to make a humorless Indian laugh.

The tourist group are in Monte Carlo, where Mdm Papillion wins a fortune.

A young married couple is torn apart by WW1. When the news comes of her husband's death, Wanda marries another man, not knowing that her loved one is somewhere deep in the east.

A Krazy Kat cartoon

At the center of the story is the family drama of farmer Jalil from the village of Rawat, his wanderings and attempts to save his beloved girl Karaman. Her father is in debt to the local bai Abdu-Nabi and gives his daughter to him as his wife. In the vicinity of the village, the remains of Akram Khan's Basmachi gang are rampaging. Abdu-Nabi maintains a close connection with Rawat’s “jackals”. Jalil goes to the mountains to the Basmachi...

Baburao Painter’s mythological silent feature SatiSavitri (1927) narrates the tale of love and devotion of legendary Savitri, who won back her husband from the Lord of death Yama. Only 32 minutes exists.

An early sound film address from a former German Chancellor.

A WWI veteran returns home with shell shock and must defend his timberland property with the help of his dog.

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

A reportage about the rice culture in the Dutch East Indies, with a focus on processing the sawahs (wet rice fields).

Harry Willis is a slob and a bacchant. He is therefore abandoned by his wife Maggi.

Since a mysterious stranger and his servant settled in a manor near a Provençal village, a wave of crimes has beenfall the country and spread terror among the inhabitants. Young Jean Lormeau, refusing to give in to fear, leaves to meet the disturbing owner to discover his secret.

The Hawaiian Beach Scene Orchestra performs six local Hawaiian tunes for the Vitaphone cameras.

Animated public information film from the Health and Cleanliness Council.

A group of children goes to the toy museum and then toy workshop. The master makes Bolvashka - a wooden Pinocchio-like boy on hinges. Upon returning, children tell their friends about the museum and dream of Bolvashka being alive.

An engineer develops a device that will disarm any electrically power device, in an attempt to prevent armed conflicts.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

There is a boat race going on.

A silent travelogue to the Canadian wilderness.

An Inkwell Imps short.

Silent released in 1927.

When Pat and Patachon arrive in the small fishing village at the North Sea they are completely unaware of the adventure that lies ahead. The two eccentric travelers quickly become good friends with old Maren and her son Tom, who will soon need their help in more than one respect. (stumfilm.dk)