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The following is an overview of 1928 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent.
Eric Harold Portman was an English stage and film actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in several films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger during the 1940s.
No Roses is an album by Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band. It was recorded at Sound Techniques, and Air Studios in London, in the summer of 1971. It was produced by Sandy Roberton and Ashley Hutchings. It was released in October 1971 on the Pegasus label.
Events from the year 1827 in the United Kingdom.
Tod Slaughter was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas.
The Red Barn Murder was a notorious murder committed in Polstead, Suffolk, England in 1827. A young woman, Maria Marten, was shot dead by her lover William Corder. The two had arranged to meet at the Red Barn, a local landmark, before eloping to Ipswich. Maria was never seen alive again and Corder fled the scene. He sent letters to Marten's family claiming that she was in good health, but her body was later discovered buried in the barn after her stepmother spoke of having dreamed about the murder.
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke is a 1936 British historical melodrama film directed by George King and starring Tod Slaughter as the nefarious Stephen Hawke - who masquerades as the 'Spine-Breaker'. It also features Marjorie Taylor, D. J. Williams and Eric Portman. It was made at Shepperton Studios, with sets designed by Philip Bawcombe.
James Curtis was a British journalist and eccentric. He is best known for his association with William Corder, hanged for the Red Barn Murder.
Sophie Stewart was a British actress. She was born in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland in March 1908 and died in June 1977 at the age of 69, in Cupar, Fife, Scotland. In 1937 she starred in Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Lady Blakeney.
Antibodies is a German crime-drama-thriller directed by Christian Alvart and stars Norman Reedus, Wotan Wilke Möhring and André Hennicke.
Tom Payne was a Brazilian film director, screenwriter and actor, known for The Landowner's Daughter (1955), Payne and Hilliard (1931) and Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956). He was married to Eliane Lage. He died on 15 September 1996 in Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. His film Sinhá Moça was entered into the 4th Berlin International Film Festival.
Frank James Robert Perfitt was a British film actor, born in Norwich, Norfolk in 1880. He died in Surrey in 1958.
Walter Alabaster West was an English film director and producer. He was a partner in the film production company Broadwest Films.
Ann Trevor (1899–1970) was a British actress. Her stage work included the original production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever at London's Ambassadors Theatre, in 1925.
Antonia Brough British actress born in Chelsea, London, England; Died in Kensington, England.
George Stretton (1901–1955) was a British cinematographer.
Gaslight Theatre is a 60-minute UK anthology television series produced by and airing on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1965. It consisted of six 19th century melodramas presented in the spirit of the Victorian theatre. Among its guest stars were Ronnie Barker, Joss Ackland, and Patricia Routledge.
