1928 in film
Events
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 of the Year
- 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 star, actress
- 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
Deaths
