1928 in film

Last updated

The following is an overview of 1928 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Although some films released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. This year is notable for the introduction of the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey Mouse, in the animated short Steamboat Willie , the first film to include a soundtrack completely created in post production.

Contents

List of years in film
In television
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
In radio
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
In music
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
+...

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1928 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1928
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 The Singing Fool Warner Bros. $3,821,000 [1]
2 The Circus United Artists $1,820,000 [2]
3 Street Angel Fox Film $1,700,000 [3]
4 Lilac Time Warner Bros.$1,675,000 [4]
5 Four Sons
Ramona 		Fox Film
United Artists		$1,500,000 [3] [5]
6 Noah's Ark Warner Bros.$1,367,000 [1]
7 The Red Dance
In Old Arizona 		Fox Film$1,300,000 [3]
8 The Terror Warner Bros.$1,221,000 [1]
9 Lights of New York $1,160,000 [1]
10 My Man $1,099,000 [1]

Events

Academy Awards

Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years, which is why there is no 'Best Picture' for a 1928 film.

Notable films released in 1928

United States unless stated

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z

Short film series

Animated short film series

Births

Deaths

Film debuts

Related Research Articles

This is an overview of 1929 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths.

This is an overview of 1925 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

This is an overview of 1924 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

This is an overview of 1923 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

This is an overview of 1922 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

This is an overview of 1921 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

The year 1920 in film involved some significant events.

The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.

The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.

1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood".

The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.

The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.

1913 was a particularly fruitful year for film as an art form, and is often cited one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1917. The year was one where filmmakers of several countries made great artistic advancements, producing notable pioneering masterpieces such as The Student of Prague, Suspense, Atlantis, Raja Harischandra, Juve contre Fantomas, Quo Vadis?, Ingeborg Holm, The Mothering Heart, Ma l’amor mio non muore!, L’enfant de Paris and Twilight of a Woman's Soul.

The year 1912 in film involved some significant events.

The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.

The year 1910 in film involved some significant events.

<i>The Mechanical Man</i> 1921 film

The Mechanical Man is a 1921 Italian science fiction film directed by André Deed. It was produced in 1920 and released in November 1921. It is one of the first science fiction films produced in Italy, and the first film showing a battle between two robots. The cinematographer was Alberto Chentrens.

Madness (German:Wahnsinn) is a 1919 German silent horror film directed by Conrad Veidt and starring Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel and Grit Hegesa. The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann.

The Lost Shadow is a 1921 German silent film directed by Rochus Gliese and starring Paul Wegener, Wilhelm Bendow and Adele Sandrock. The cinematographer was Karl Freund. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Richter. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. For some reason, the film was only released in the US in 1928. It is today considered a lost film.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15: 55–73. doi:10.1080/01439689500260031.
  2. ↑ Maland, Charles J. (1989). Chaplin and American Culture: The Evolution of a Star Image. ISBN   0-691-09440-3. The United Artists balance sheet of domestic film rentals through the end of 1931 show that The Gold Rush had accumulated $2.15 million in rentals, while The Circus had garnered $1.82 million.
  3. 1 2 3 Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp.  356–357. ISBN   978-1-903364-66-6.
  4. ↑ Crafton, Donald (1999). The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931. University of California Press. pp.  548–549. ISBN   0-520-22128-1.
  5. ↑ Bradley, Edwin M. (2004). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932. ISBN   0-7864-2029-4. "Ramona" plugged a middling romantic drama starring Delores Del Rio, who sang the delicate title theme, and helped it to a gross of more than $1.5 million.
  6. ↑ "The Circus (1928)". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on February 4, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ Neibaur, James L. (2015). James Cagney Films of the 1930s. London: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9781442242203.
  8. ↑ Kiner, Larry F.; Evans, Philip R. (1992). Al Jolson: A Bio-Discography. Scarecrow Press. p. 107. ISBN   9780810826335.
  9. ↑ Furia, Philip; Patterson, Laurie (2010). The Songs of Hollywood . Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p.  26. ISBN   9780199792665.
  10. ↑ Munden, Kenneth White (1971). The American Film Institute Catalog – Feature Films 1921–1930. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. WH1. ISBN   9780520209695.
  11. ↑ Brown, Allen (November 29, 2014). "The Story Behind MGM's Lion Logo". Movie Review World. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ Stafford, Jeff. "White Shadows in the South Seas". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  13. 1 2 Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 322. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.
  14. ↑ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 324. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.
  15. ↑ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 342. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.
  16. ↑ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 327. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.
  17. 1 2 Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 328. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.
  18. ↑ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 330. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.
  19. ↑ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 332. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.
  20. ↑ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 333. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.
  21. 1 2 Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 335. ISBN   978-1936168-68-2.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.