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    The Big City is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney. Waldemar Young wrote the screenplay, based on a story...
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  • The Big City (1928 film), directed by Tod Browning Big City (1937 film), directed by Frank Borzage, starring Luise Rainer and Spencer Tracy Big City (1948...
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    The Crowd is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor and starring James Murray, Eleanor Boardman and Bert Roach. The feature film was...
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    The Circus is a 1928 silent romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film stars Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy...
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    While the City Sleeps is a 1928 American synchronized sound crime drama film about a tough New York City police detective, played by Lon Chaney, out to...
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    The Racket in 1951 with Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan in the lead roles. List of rediscovered films The Big City (1928) Dressed to Kill (1928) The AFI...
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    Lonesome is a 1928 American sound part-talkie comedy drama film directed by Paul Fejös, and starring Barbara Kent and Glenn Tryon. Although containing...
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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 films...
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    in a given market. In the American and international markets, the major film studios, often known simply as the majors or the Big Five studios, are commonly...
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    memorable westerns such as Dodge City (1939), Santa Fe Trail (1940), and The Comancheros (1961). He was nicknamed "Big Boy" because he was 6' 2" and had...
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    Arnold Rothstein (category 1928 murders in the United States)
    1928), nicknamed "The Brain", was an American racketeer, crime boss, businessman, and gambler who became a kingpin of the Jewish Mob in New York City...
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  • In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in New York City, or a fictionalized version thereof. The following is...
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    films produced by Walt Disney Productions. The series started in 1928 with Steamboat Willie and ended with 2013’s Get a Horse! being the last in the series...
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    with the use of a synchronized musical score with sound effects. Filming started in December 1928 and ended in September 1930. City Lights marked the first...
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    Noah's Ark is a 1928 American part-talkie epic disaster film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Dolores Costello and George O'Brien. In addition to...
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    Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American film production...
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    Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It was produced in black and white by Walt Disney Animation...
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    David Rollins (actor) (category Male actors from Kansas City, Missouri)
    being in silent movies, many now considered lost films. His most notable role came in the 1930 talkie The Big Trail, which featured John Wayne's first performance...
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  • Patrie (1917 film) Patrie (1946 film) The Patriot (1928 film) Patterns (film) (1956) The Patsy (1928 film) Payment Deferred (film) (1932) The Pay-Off (1930)...
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  • theatrical release, the film was televised as a presentation of PBS's American Playhouse on May 23, 1990. Broadway, New Year's Eve, 1928. A muckraking reporter...
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    Alan Hale Sr. (category American male film actors)
    confrontation with the Earl of Essex, portrayed by Flynn. His other films include the epic The Trap (1922) with Lon Chaney, Skyscraper (1928); as well as Fog...
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  • The first Mickey Mouse films, including Steamboat Willie (1928), entered the public domain this year. Alongside new releases, multiple popular films like...
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    built for the Norddeutsche Lloyd line (NDL) to work the transatlantic sea route. Launched in 1928, she and her sister ship, Bremen, were the two most advanced...
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    The Cameraman is a 1928 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and an uncredited Buster Keaton. The picture stars Keaton and...
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  • of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and also its subsidiary First National Pictures for the years 1918–1929. From 1928 to...
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    Raoul Walsh (category Film directors from New York City)
    portraying John Wilkes Booth in the silent film The Birth of a Nation (1915) and for directing such films as the widescreen epic The Big Trail (1930) starring John...
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  • Harold Becker (category Film directors from New York City)
    (born September 25, 1928) is an American film and television director, producer, and photographer from New York City, associated with the New Hollywood movement...
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  • The Big Fisherman is a 1959 American historical drama film directed by Frank Borzage about the life of Simon Peter, one of the disciples of Jesus. Starring...
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  • Little Big League is a 1994 American family sports film about a 12-year-old who suddenly becomes the owner and then manager of the Minnesota Twins baseball...
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    Margaret Livingston (category Actresses from Salt Lake City)
    American film actress and businesswoman during the silent film era. She is remembered today as "the Woman from the City" in F. W. Murnau's 1927 film Sunrise:...
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