1927 Movies

This Devry educational short for the Museum of Natural History covers the honey bee, the field spider, and the trap door spider. Of course, it covers...

Trying to escape a chase, a little skater wins the first prize at the competition.

John Charles Thomas (1891-1960) was a celebrated American baritone. Here is an early 1927 Vitaphone film of him singing two songs.

In this one, Lantz plays a paperhanger who runs afoul of Pete.

A short film by Castle Films Production Co.

An annual race meeting at Maseru, Basutoland

Donald Hampton (Kenneth Harlan),a rich playboy, falls in love with an actress, Fay Leslie (Helene Chadwick),and marries her against the wishes of hi...

A young man finds a loose stray colt near Hamilton which is not advertised for. So after a year he enters the colt in a show at which the owner, a you...

Viking chieftains, flaming torches and outlandish costumes liven up a dark January day in Lerwick, Shetland, as the townsfolk celebrate 'Up Helly Aa'.

Funerals of Brazilian statesman Carlos de Campos.

A silent film, his first, made by acclaimed animator Bob Clampett.

A short film by the renowned painter Edvard Munch which is currently viewable at the Munch museum in Oslo. The film depicts several street scenes from...

The story is based on the traditional, Japanese myth of Urashima Taro; in which a fisherman is transported from the seashore into a fantastic underwat...

October 24.

Bernardo De Pace, known as "The Wizard of the Mandolin," plays several tunes, including "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna" and "That's Why I Love You...

Animation featuring Jerry the Troublesome Tyke - a cartoon dog. A cartoon curtain rises. A U.I.C. production. Jerry emerges from under a door and does...

Enn is a young student of construction who comes from a small island with high ambitions. Hilma is a city girl from a well-off family. They dream abou...