Cinematic Era: 1928 Vintage

A cowhand is fired for romancing the boss' daughter in this bantam-weight silent Western from assembly-line studio FBO.

Sailor Snub and his buddy meet two lovely ladies while on shore leave. They rent a car to impress them and drive the ladies to the park, where one by one they end up in the lake.

The daughter of an industrialist, Dorothy Winston, arranges to work on a newspaper in which her father places a substantial amount of advertising, Joe Madison, the reporter son of the paper's editor, offers to show her the ropes. A gunman employed by Mike Corney lands in jail, and Dorothy succeeds in interviewing him, getting him to divulge the whereabouts of a canceled check that will link Corney to Patterson, a corrupt political boss. Dorothy and Joe get the check, and Joe telephones his father to urge him to print an exposé of Patterson. Corney recovers the check, however, and Patterson institutes a damaging libel suit against the paper. Dorothy gets the check back and obtains photographic evidence to further incriminate Patterson and Corney. Dorothy and Joe decide to write the story of their life with each another. A lost film.

Silent cartoon.

The Wife's Relations, The Lost Heiress, is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Maurice Marshall and starring Shirley Mason, Ben Turpin and Gaston Glass.

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

Jenny, a dance instructor, accidentally meets Joe Hall, a song promoter who escorts her home. She gives him a song idea by saying "Thanks for the Buggy Ride".

Pieter Kruis runs a grocer's shop in a small Dutch town, with which he and his wife Johanne can hardly feed themselves. Nonetheless, he is satisfied with his life, although he suspects that he will probably never win the jackpot. Suddenly Pieter receives a telegram from America: his old school friend Joe, who has made a fortune in the “new world”, asks whether Pieter would like to visit him. As “compensation” for expenses incurred, Pieter will also receive $ 50,000! Of course, Pieter doesn't hesitate for long - the suitcase is quickly packed and a ship ticket reserved. But the little “world traveler” has no idea what kind of adventures await him! Fearing that his insidious brother might speculate on his life insurance and stage a small “accident” on board the ship, Pieter disembarked in Rotterdam, where his entire travel budget was by a few crooks. Then he learns that his ship has actually sunk and suspects that his brother is already worried about the sum insured...

Rosalind Joy (Helen Foster) is an heiress who has inherited a South Seas island known as Pleasure Island. A hidden cache of gold is allegedly buried on the island, which has several haunted structures. Rosalind's uncle, Spring Gilbert (Al Ferguson), wants the gold for himself and declares he will stop at nothing, not even the death of his niece, to get it. Rosalind, meanwhile, is befriended by Jerry Fitzjames (Jack Dougherty), a playwright. Unfortunately, Jerry has only recently escaped from a psychiatric hospital. Although he swears to protect Rosalind, she doubts Jerry's sanity. The two lovers race against Uncle Gilbert (who has set several traps for them) to find the treasure. In the end, Rosalind and Jerry are aided by the "Phantom Rider," a spectral horseman.

Jimmy Marshall, an adventurous youth, wanders in disguise into a small Mexican town seeking adventure. Captured by bandits he fights his way to freedom and meets the girl of his dreams.

Blockade was one of those curious 1929 hybrids known as a "part-talkie." The story of a dauntless female prohibition agent. In her pursuit of a gang of Florida rum-runners, Bess assumes three identities. At various junctures, she is "herself," a society belle and a gangster's moll.

Dix plays radio announcer Robert Parker, working at a station run by his girlfriend's father. Becoming a bit overexcited on the air, our hero lets slip a few (fortuitously unheard) profanities. Fired from his job, Parker enters into an amusing series of misadventures with veteran bank robber Jim Bailey (Charles Sellon).

Rinty becomes the best pal of juvenile "human" hero Danny O'Shea. Their devotion to one another is proven beyond doubt when Danny is threatened by kidnappers.

The Tiger's Shadow is a 1928 American drama film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.

Young Stella Mowbray, from a wealthy family, goes to work in a slum hospital and campaigns for improved conditions for the poor.

Strong-willed Kathleen O'Hara, believes in equality of sexes, makes a pact with her sweetheart, Jim Donahue, when they become joint owners of a California gold mine. According to the agreement, Donahue will do the housekeeping while Kathleen runs the mine; the first to call for help loses his share of the mine.

The poor tailor Perchyk who dreams to buy a she-goat lives in a small town. Meanwhile, Perchyk’s daughter Frida falls in love with the unemployed Elia. Perchyk is totally against their marriage, as he cannot buy a she-goat if the son-in-law does not have any money. Finally, Perchyk buys a she-goat from a rich tavern owner but he gives him… a goat. Moreover, a police officer dissatisfied with the tailored uniform forges a document, according to which Perchyk and his whole family are expelled from the town as troublemakers.

Totte works in Paris when she meets the wealthy Renato. Renato's father wants him to marry so to fool him he proposes to Totte.

Imagine My Embarrassment is a silent comedy short

The film displays Madame Récamier 's conflict with Napoleon. Twice she was pressed to become one of the Empress's ladies. In revenge for her refusal Napoleon declined to save her husband from ruin.

Whoozit, produced in 1928 by Bowers Comedy Corp, was considered totally missing. This unique 16 mm print was discovered in 2008 in the collections of the Eye Film Institute. It is incomplete, and only retains the second half of the original production. It was restored digitally by Lobster Films, Paris, in November 2013.

Human cowboy hero is teamed with Rex, King of Wild Horses, an ornery critter but a magnificent animal.

Loves of a ship's captain on the high seas!

A gangster falls for a blind violinist, only for his mobster rivals to kidnap her.

The Crash (1928)

Into the Night is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by Duke Worne.

For fifteen years, vaudeville comedian "Twisty" has struggled for his big break, holding onto nothing but faith—and a small ivory elephant charm he believes brings him luck. One day, he’s summoned to the office of big-time producer Greening, certain that his moment has finally come.

A millionaire acquires a large diamond, said to be cursed. Despite the best efforts of his dutiful but fearful black valet (Oliver Hardy), it is stolen and kidnapped for ransom.

1928 American silent Western film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and Alfred L. Werker.

'A destitute girl inherits a fortune from her grandmother, and has to fight off fortune hunters. She is eventually reunited with the man who first gave her shelter.' (British Film Institute)

Garadoux has beaten his wife. His lawyer Fremissin is young and very shy, and therefore, not very efficient... Two years after, Garadoux is trying to seduce Cecile, but she prefers Fremissin...

Fourth release in the "Confessions of a Chorus Girl" comedy series.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Mickey Rooney and his gang play cowboys and indians out in the wild life.

Hans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.

A gang working on behalf of a foreign government use slave labor to exploit a secret mine.

A boy's father is an unjustly accused fugitive, and the boy's scheming uncle plots to become the youngster's guardian and take over the family fortune.

The cowboy Phil Lang comes to the aid when an old miner has trouble with a gang.

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Chandrakumar, the son of a wealthy man in Thiruvananthapuram, is abducted and taken to Sri Lanka, where he works as a labourer in an estate. Things change when his distant relative visits Sri Lanka.

A rich man's worship of his first wife ends when he learns their son is a bastard.

Paul Wegener gives one of his most active performances here as Captain Ramper, a heroic aviator who makes a pioneering flight across the Arctic accompanied only by Ippling, his faithful mechanic (Kurt Gerron). Near the North Pole, their plane develops engine failure and crashes in the desolate wastes. Ippling dies straight off but Ramper finds a supply base containing food which has been left behind by a previous expedition. After fifteen years in the Arctic wastes, Ramper has considerably mutated.

Starring Tom Mix and Natalie Kingston

The film portrays Shanghai, China in the early 1920s. It shows the contrasts between the world of Western expatriates (including Britons, Americans, New Zealanders, Australians, and Danes) who live in the luxurious Shanghai International Settlement, and that of the Shanghainese inhabitants, who spend their days laboring.

Sergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie, but she doesn't light up until soldier of fortune Jim Kenyon drifts into the post. Soon Jim is accused of murder but he escapes.

Short film directed by Charles Lamont

Hal Doyle, son of the prison warden, falls in love with a portrait of Mollie Dare, who runs a reformatory for ex-convicts where they may work for honest wages. To win the girl he poses as the notorious Tucson Joe and goes to the reformatory where his reputation causes the other men to fear him. The real Tucson Joe arrives but does not reveal his identity.

One of Otto Messmer's most unusual Felix cartoons. It portrays Felix as an inebriated feline being chased by all kinds of demons only to be welcomed by the greatest demon of all, the angry wife.

Alice Culhane is a brassy Klondike dance-hall girl with a heart of gold is pursued by such ardent flirting swains as Steve Farrell and Chappie Evans. Alice plays her cards well.

Tasia (Dolores del Río), a beautiful dancer lower class of Russia, falls heir to the throne Prince, Grand Duke Eugene (Charles Farrell), but only admired from a distance. At the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, the Duke falls in captivity and this allows Tasia be near him.

Mickey McGuire is putting on a bad performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin, but first he has to deal with the competition; another boy is putting on a wild animal show -- house cats inflamed by the "tamer" having white mice in his trousers.