The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs 1928

7.30

Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.

1928

Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark 1928

6.10

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.

1928

Beggars of Life

Beggars of Life 1928

7.10

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.

1928

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher 1928

7.07

A stranger called Allan goes to the House of Usher. He is the sole friend of Roderick Usher, who lives in the eerie house with his sick wife Madeleine. When she dies, Roderick does not accept her death, and in the dark night, Madeleine returns.

1928

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

October (Ten Days that Shook the World) 1928

6.80

Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.

1928

The Smart Set

The Smart Set 1928

5.60

A cocky, arrogant young playboy is expelled from his American polo team shortly before the big match with England.

1928

The Last Command

The Last Command 1928

7.30

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

1928

The Seashell and the Clergyman

The Seashell and the Clergyman 1928

6.70

Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.

1928

The Mysterious Lady

The Mysterious Lady 1928

7.40

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

The Fourflusher

The Fourflusher 1928

1

Young and ambitious but so far unsuccessful shoe clerk Andy Whittaker meets June Allen and tries to impress her by pretending to be an important businessman, she discovers his deception but before too long because of complications and luck good fortune finds its way to the pair.

1928

Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie 1928

7.27

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

1928

Crossroads

Crossroads 1928

6.80

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent dead, Rikiya goes back home to his sister. Okiku, desperate to protect her brother who thinks himself a murderer, wants to sacrifice herself for him and become a prostitute to pay for Rikiya's treatment.

1928

The Circus

The Circus 1928

7.98

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

1928

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

Laugh, Clown, Laugh 1928

7.22

A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.

1928

Under the Black Eagle

Under the Black Eagle 1928

3.00

A German Shepherd Dog and the people he loves are entangled in World War One.

1928

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar 1928

6.96

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.

1928

The Cossacks

The Cossacks 1928

7.30

Stirring romance, hard riding, desperate fighting with the Cossacks playing their game of war and chivalry. A mighty picturization of Count Leo Tolstoi's famous novel of the same name.

1928

The Racket

The Racket 1928

6.60

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

1928

The Cameraman

The Cameraman 1928

7.87

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

1928

The Power of the Press

The Power of the Press 1928

5.80

The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.

1928