1928 in film
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Although some movies released in 1928 had sound , most were still silent .
November 18 - Disney's Steamboat Willie premieres. This animated short was the first film to include a soundtrack, completely created in post production, including sound effects, music, and dialogue.
Top grossing films
The Singing Fool
The Lights of New York
West of Zanzibar
Best Actor : Emil Jannings for The Last Command and the 1927 movie The Way of All Flesh
Best Actress : Janet Gaynor for Street Angel and the 1927 movies Seventh Heaven and Sunrise
Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years, which is why there is no 'Best Picture' for a 1928 film.
Movies released
Movies released in 1928 include:
The Cameraman , a Buster Keaton film.
Champagne , directed by Alfred Hitchcock .
The Circus , starring, directed and written by Charles Chaplin .
The Crowd , directed by King Vidor .
The Docks of New York , starring George Bancroft , Betty Compson and Olga Baclanova .
Easy Virtue , directed by Alfred Hitchcock .
The Farmer's Wife , directed by Alfred Hitchcock .
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , starring Ruth Taylor and Alice White , subtitles written by Anita Loos .
The Last Command , starring Emil Jannings , Evelyn Brent and William Powell .
Laugh, Clown, Laugh , starring Lon Chaney .
The Lights of New York (a true 'talkie' with Vitaphone sound)
The Man Who Laughs , starring Mary Philbin and Conrad Veidt .
The Matinee Idol , starring Bessie Love and Johnnie Walker ; directed by Frank Capra .
The Mysterious Lady ,starring Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel .
Our Dancing Daughters , starring Joan Crawford .
The Passion of Joan of Arc , directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer .
Sadie Thompson , starring Gloria Swanson and Lionel Barrymore .
Show People , starring Marion Davies .
The Singing Fool , starring Al Jolson and Betty Bronson .
Speedy , starring Harold Lloyd .
Steamboat Bill, Jr. , a Buster Keaton film.
Steamboat Willie , a Walt Disney Mickey Mouse short.
Street Angel , starring starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell .
The Wedding March , starring Erich von Stroheim and Fay Wray .
West of Zanzibar , starring Lon Chaney and Lionel Barrymore .
West Point , starring William Haines and Joan Crawford .
The Wind , starring Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson .
A Woman of Affairs , starring Greta Garbo .
Births
January 7 - William Peter Blatty , screenwriter
January 26 - Roger Vadim , director, screenwriter, actor
February 11 - Conrad Janis , actor.
February 29 - Tempest Storm , burlesque performer, actress
March 24 - Vanessa Brown (+ 1999 )
April 23 - Shirley Temple , actress
July 26 - Stanley Kubrick , director
August 6 - Andy Warhol , artist, director
August 11 - Arlene Dahl , actress
August 15 - Nicolas Roeg , director
August 16 - Ann Blyth , actress
August 31 - James Coburn , actor
September 17 - Roddy McDowall , actor
September 19 - Adam West , actor
October 1 - George Peppard , actor
October 2 - George 'Spanky' McFarland , actor
November 3 - Wanda Hendrix , actress (+1981 )
Deaths de:Filmjahr 1928
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