1928 in film

See also: *1927 in film *1928 *1929 in film *1920s in film *years in film *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

# The Singing Fool# The Lights of New York # West of Zanzibar

Academy Awards

*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 SunriseNote: 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.
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Renée Jeanne Falconetti.
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.
Sex in Chains, starring and directed by William Dieterle.
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 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.
We Faw Down, starring Laurel and Hardy.
*A Woman of Affairs'', starring Greta Garbo.

Short film series

Buster Keaton (1917-1941)
Our Gang (1922-1944)
Laurel and Hardy (1926-1940)

Animated short film series

Felix the Cat (1919-1930)
Aesop's Film Fables (1921-1933)
Krazy Kat (1925-1940)
Inkwell Imps (1927-1929)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927-1938)
Newslaffs (1927-1928)
Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)

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 1 - Jacques Rivette, film director
*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