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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 released in 1928 had sound , most were still silent .
Month Day Event January: 13: Dr. Ernst Frederik Werner Alexanderson performs the first successful public television broadcast. The pictures, with 48 lines at 16 frames per second, are received on sets with 1.5 sq. inch screens in the homes of four General Electric executives in Schenectady, New York.
Beware of Married Men is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Irene Rich, Clyde Cook and Audrey Ferris. [1] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. The film was produced and distributed by ...
A list of American films released in 1928. The American film industry was undergoing the transition to sound and released a mixture of sound and silent films during the year. Wings won the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture at the 1st Academy Awards , presented on May 16, 1929.
July 2 - The first regularly scheduled television service in the United States began on July 2, 1928. The Federal Radio Commission authorized Charles Francis Jenkins to broadcast from experimental station W3XK in Wheaton, Maryland. For at least the first eighteen months, 48-line silhouette images from motion picture film were broadcast ...
Synchronized sound film April 7, 1928: The Crimson City: Synchronized sound film April 21, 1928: Rinty of the Desert # Synchronized sound film April 26, 1928: Glorious Betsy: Part-Talkie sound film May 12, 1928: Pay as You Enter # Synchronized sound film May 21, 1928: The Lion and the Mouse: Part-Talkie sound film May 26, 1928: Five and Ten ...
Jean Harlow (March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress who made her uncredited debut in two 1928 films: Honor Bound for Fox Film; and Moran of the Marines for Paramount Pictures. While waiting for a friend at the studio in 1928, she was discovered by studio executives who gave her letters of introduction to casting agencies, where ...
The Black Pearl (1928 film) Black Rudolf; Blindfold (1928 film) Blockade (1928 film) A Blonde for a Night; The Blue Danube (1928 film) The Blue Mouse; The Blue Peter (1928 film) Bolibar; The Border Patrol (film) The Boss of Rustler's Roost; The Branded Man (1928 film) The Branded Sombrero; The Bride of the Colorado; Bright Lights (1928 film)