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Laugh, Clown, LaughLaugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) Recommended
Dir. Herbert Brenon
Feat. Lon Chaney, Loretta Young, Nils Asther
Profoundly moving melodrama with Lon Chaney playing a traveling circus clown who raises an abandoned child as his daughter, but falls into deep…
Man Who Laughs, TheMan Who Laughs, The (1928)
Dir. Paul Leni
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova
One of the most spectacular (and sophisticated) of the silent epics adapts a historical story by Victor Hugo concerning the destiny of a disfigured…
October : 10 Days That Shook the World (1928)
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Nikandrov , N. Popov, Boris Livanov
A brilliant reconstruction of the momentous events of 1917, when revolutionary soldiers overthrew the provisional Government bringing Lenin and the…
Pandora's BoxPandora's Box (1928) Recommended
Dir. G.W. Pabst
Feat. Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer
Louise Brooks become a star and influenced a million haircuts as the voluptuous call–girl, Lulu, whose misdeeds meet with an appropriate fate.
Passion of Joan of ArcPassion of Joan of Arc (1928) Aro Favourite
Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Renee Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, Michel Simon
An intense recreation of Joan of Arc’s trial and sentence that qualifies as one of cinema’s most transcendental achievements. Consisting…
Phantom of the OperaPhantom of the Opera (1928) Recommended
Dir. Rupert Julian
Feat. Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Gibson Gowland
First screen version of the Gaston Leroux novel with Lon Chaney grimacing through his greatest hour as the phantom. The atmosphere is creepy and the…
Show PeopleShow People (1928) Recommended
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson
A satire of Hollywood life in the last of the silent years, this rom–com from director King Vidor (THE FOUNTAINHEAD) has Marion Davies playing…
SpiesSpies (Spione) (1928)
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Willy Fritsch
Post WWI Europe provides a volatile backdrop for this silent spy–saga, whose brilliant visual flourishes and 'house–of–mirrors'…
Steamboat Bill JrSteamboat Bill Jr (1928) Aro Favourite
Dir. Charles Riesner
Feat. Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Tom McGuire
One of Buster Keaton's best films begins as sly farce, with his wimpish city–slicker meekly tussling with a thuggish steamboat–captain…
Storm Over AsiaStorm Over Asia (Potomok Chingis-Khana) (1928) Recommended
Dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin
An epic of silent Russian cinema to rival Eisenstein, this is set around a young Mongol fur–trapper who is swindled by traders and develops a…

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