Editing 1928 in film

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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 film|sound]], most were still [[Silent film|silent]]. This year is notable for the introduction of the official mascot of [[The Walt Disney Company]], [[Mickey Mouse]], in the animated short ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', the first film to include a soundtrack completely created in post production.

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==Top-grossing films (U.S.)==
The top ten 1928 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1928
|-
! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !!  Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''
|''[[The Singing Fool]]''
|[[Warner Bros.]]
| $3,821,000<ref name="wb">{{cite journal|first=H Mark |last=Glancy |title=Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger  |journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television |volume=15 |year=1995|pages=55–73 |doi=10.1080/01439689500260031 }}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''2'''
|''[[The Circus (1928 film)|The Circus]]''
|[[United Artists]]
| $1,820,000<ref name=ChaplinBook>{{cite book|first=Charles J.|last=Maland|title= Chaplin and American Culture: The Evolution of a Star Image|date=1989|isbn=0-691-09440-3|quote=The United Artists balance sheet of domestic film rentals through the end of 1931 show that ''The Gold Rush'' had accumulated $2.15 million in rentals, while ''The Circus'' had garnered $1.82 million.}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''3'''
|''[[Street Angel (1928 film)|Street Angel]]''
|[[Fox Film]]
| $1,700,000<ref name=Finler>{{cite book|last=Finler|first=Joel Waldo|year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story|publisher=Wallflower Press|isbn=978-1-903364-66-6|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA356 356–357]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''4'''
|''[[Lilac Time (film)|Lilac Time]]''
|Warner Bros.
| $1,675,000<ref name=Talkies>{{cite book|last=Crafton|first=Donald|year=1999 |title=The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-22128-1|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=KFB_oT-jupQC&dq=%22lilac+time%22+rentals+1928&pg=PA549 548–549]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''5'''
|''[[Four Sons]]''<br>''[[Ramona (1928 film)|Ramona]]''
| Fox Film<br>United Artists
| $1,500,000<ref name=Finler/><ref name=HollywoodMusicalsBook>{{cite book|first=Edwin M.|last=Bradley|title= The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932|date=2004|isbn=0-7864-2029-4|quote= “Ramona” plugged a middling romantic drama starring Delores Del Rio, who sang the delicate title theme, and helped it to a gross of more than $1.5 million.}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
|''[[Noah's Ark (1928 film)|Noah's Ark]]''
| Warner Bros.
| $1,367,000<ref name="wb">{{cite journal|first=H Mark |last=Glancy |title=Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger  |journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television |volume=15 |year=1995|pages=55–73 |doi=10.1080/01439689500260031 }}</ref>
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
|''[[The Red Dance]]''<br>''[[In Old Arizona]]''
| Fox Film
| $1,300,000<ref name=Finler/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''8'''
|''[[The Terror (1928 film)|The Terror]]''
| rowspan="3"|Warner Bros.
| $1,221,000<ref name="wb"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''9'''
|''[[Lights of New York (1928 film)|Lights of New York]]''
| $1,160,000<ref name="wb"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''10'''
|''[[My Man (1928 film)|My Man]]''
| $1,099,000<ref name="wb"/>
|}

==Events==
*January 6 – The long-awaited [[Charlie Chaplin]] comedy ''[[The Circus (1928 film)|The Circus]]'' premieres at the [[Strand Theatre (Manhattan)|Strand Theatre]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/resources/bfi/filmog/film.php?fid=59404 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204071635/http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/resources/bfi/filmog/film.php?fid=59404 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2007 |title=The Circus (1928) |website=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=February 20, 2015 }}</ref>
*April 21 – ''[[The Passion of Joan of Arc]]'' is released.
* July 6 – ''[[Lights of New York (1928 film)|Lights of New York]]'' (starring [[Helene Costello]]) is released by [[Warner Bros]]. It is the first "100% Talkie" feature film, in that dialog is spoken throughout the film. Previous releases ''[[Don Juan (1926 film)|Don Juan]]'' and ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'' had used a synchronized soundtrack with sound effects and music, with ''The Jazz Singer'' having a few incidental lines spoken by [[Al Jolson]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Neibaur |first=James L. |date=2015 |title=James Cagney Films of the 1930s |location=London |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781442242203 }}</ref>
* September 19 – ''[[The Singing Fool]]'', Warner Bros' follow-up to ''The Jazz Singer'', is released. While still only a partial-talkie (sequences still feature [[intertitle]]s), 66 minutes of the film's 105 minute running time feature dialogue or songs, making it the longest talking motion picture yet. (''Lights of New York'' runs a total of 57 minutes.) It is the highest-grossing film of the year, becomes Warner Bros' highest-grossing film for the next 13 years, is the most financially successful film of Al Jolson's career<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kiner |first1=Larry F. |last2=Evans |first2=Philip R. |date=1992 |title=Al Jolson: A Bio-Discography |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=107 |isbn=9780810826335 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Furia |first1=Philip |last2=Patterson |first2=Laurie |date=2010 |title=The Songs of Hollywood |url=https://archive.org/details/songsofhollywood0000furi|url-access=registration |location=Oxford and New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/songsofhollywood0000furi/page/26 26] |isbn=9780199792665 }}</ref> and also remains the highest-grossing sound film until the release of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' in 1937.
* October 23 – [[RKO|RKO Productions Inc.]] created
* November 10 – At the beginning of ''[[White Shadows in the South Seas]]'', [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]'s mascot [[Leo the Lion (MGM)|Leo the Lion]] roars for the very first time, giving voice to one of the most popular American film logos.<ref>{{cite book |last=Munden |first=Kenneth White |date=1971 |title=The American Film Institute Catalog – Feature Films 1921–1930 |location=Berkeley and Los Angeles |publisher=University of California Press |page=WH1 |isbn=9780520209695 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moviereviewworld.com/features/the-story-behind-mgms-lion-logo/ |title=The Story Behind MGM's Lion Logo |last=Brown |first=Allen |date=November 29, 2014 |website=Movie Review World |access-date=February 20, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/21746 |title=White Shadows in the South Seas |last=Stafford |first=Jeff |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=February 20, 2015 }}</ref>
* November 18 – [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' premieres, marking the official introduction of [[Mickey Mouse]]. This animated short is the first film to include a soundtrack completely created in post production, including sound effects, music and dialogue.
* December 25 – ''[[In Old Arizona]]'', released by [[Fox Film|Fox Films]], is the first sound-on-film feature-length talkie, utilizing the [[Movietone sound system|Movietone]] process. Previously, feature-length talkies used the less-reliable [[Vitaphone]] sound-on-disc process. It is also the first Western talkie, and the first sound film primarily shot outdoors.

==Academy Awards==
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*[[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]:''' [[Wings (1927 film)|''Wings'']]''' – [[Paramount Pictures]]
*Best Unique and Artistic Picture: ''[[Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans]]'' – [[Fox Film|Fox Film Corporation]]
* [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director, Dramatic Picture]]: '''[[Frank Borzage]]''' – '' [[7th Heaven (1927 film)|7th Heaven]]''
* [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director, Comedy Picture]]: '''[[Lewis Milestone]]''' – ''[[Two Arabian Knights]]''
*[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: '''[[Emil Jannings]]''' – ''[[The Last Command (1928 film)|The Last Command]]'' and [[The Way of All Flesh (1927 film)|''The Way of All Flesh'']]''' '''
*[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]: '''[[Janet Gaynor]]''' – ''[[7th Heaven (1927 film)|7th Heaven]]'', ''[[Street Angel (1928 film)|Street Angel]]'', and ''[[Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans]]''
Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years, which is why there is no 'Best Picture' for a 1928 film.

==Notable films released in 1928==
[[List of American films of 1928|United States]] unless stated

===A===
*''[[Accident (1928 film)|Accident]] (Polizeibericht Überfall)'', directed by [[Ernő Metzner]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]])
*''[[Across to Singapore]]'', directed by [[William Nigh]], starring [[Ramón Novarro]], [[Joan Crawford]] and [[Ernest Torrence]]
*''[[The Actress (1928 film)|The Actress]]'' (lost), directed by [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]], starring [[Norma Shearer]]
*''[[Adam's Apple (film)|Adam's Apple]]'', directed by [[Tim Whelan]], starring [[Monty Banks]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[Alraune (1928 film)|Alraune]]'', written and directed by [[Henrik Galeen]], starring [[Brigitte Helm]] and [[Paul Wegener]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]])
*''Ang Lumang Simbahan (The Old Church)'', directed by [[José Nepomuceno]], starring [[Mary Walter]] – ([[List of Philippine films before 1940|Philippines]])
*''The Ape'' (lost), directed by Beverly C. Rule, starring [[Gladys Walton]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 322">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 322. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> 
*''[[L'Argent (1928 film)|L'Argent]] (Money)'', directed by [[Marcel L'Herbier]], starring [[Pierre Alcover]] and [[Brigitte Helm]] – ([[French films of 1928|France]])
*''[[The Awakening (1928 film)|The Awakening]]'' (lost), directed by [[Victor Fleming]], starring [[Vilma Bánky]] and [[Louis Wolheim]]

===B===
*''[[Balaclava (film)|Balaclava]]'', directed by [[Maurice Elvey]] and [[Milton Rosmer]], starring [[Cyril McLaglen]] and [[Benita Hume]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[Beau Sabreur]]'' (lost), directed by [[John Waters (1934 Academy Award winner)|John Waters]], starring [[Gary Cooper]], [[Evelyn Brent]], [[Noah Beery Sr.]] and [[William Powell]]
*''[[Beggars of Life]]'', directed by [[William A. Wellman]], starring [[Wallace Beery]], [[Richard Arlen]] and [[Louise Brooks]]
*''[[The Big City (1928 film)|The Big City]]'' (lost), directed by [[Tod Browning]], starring [[Lon Chaney]], [[Betty Compson]] and [[Marceline Day]]
*''[[The Black Pearl (1928 film)|The Black Pearl]]'' (lost), directed by [[Scott Pembroke]], starring [[Lila Lee]], based on the novel by [[Nancy Mann Waddel Woodrow|Mrs. Wilson Woodrow]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 322"/>
*''[[The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple]] (Huo shao hong lian si)'' (lost), 16-part serial directed by [[Zhang Shichuan]] – ([[Chinese films of the 1920s|China]])

===C===
*''[[The Cameraman]]'', directed by [[Edward Sedgwick]] and Buster Keaton, starring [[Buster Keaton]] and [[Marceline Day]]
*''[[The Cardboard Lover]]'', directed by [[Robert Z. Leonard]], starring [[Marion Davies]], [[Jetta Goudal]] and [[Nils Asther]]
*''[[Champagne (1928 film)|Champagne]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Betty Balfour]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[The Circus (silent film)|The Circus]]'', starring, a [[Charles Chaplin]] film
*''[[The Constant Nymph (1928 film)|The Constant Nymph]]'', directed by [[Adrian Brunel]], starring [[Ivor Novello]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[The Cossacks (1928 film)|The Cossacks]]'', directed by [[George Hill (director)|George Hill]] and [[Clarence Brown]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]], [[Renée Adorée]] and [[Ernest Torrence]]
*''[[The Crowd (1928 film)|The Crowd]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[Eleanor Boardman]]

===D===
*''[[Dawn (1928 film)|Dawn]]'', directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], starring [[Sybil Thorndike]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[The Devious Path]] (Abwege)'', directed by [[Georg Wilhelm Pabst|G.W. Pabst]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Divine Woman]]'' (lost), directed by [[Victor Sjöström]], starring [[Greta Garbo]] and [[Lars Hanson]]
*''[[The Docks of New York]]'', directed by [[Josef von Sternberg]], starring [[George Bancroft (actor)|George Bancroft]], [[Betty Compson]] and [[Olga Baclanova]]

===E===
*''[[Easy Virtue (1928 film)|Easy Virtue]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Isabel Jeans]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])

===F===
*''[[The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 American film)|The Fall of the House of Usher]]'', directed by [[James Sibley Watson]] and Melville Webber, based on the [[The Fall of the House of Usher|short story]] by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]
*''[[The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 French film)|The Fall of the House of Usher]] (La Chute de la maison Usher)'', directed by [[Jean Epstein]], based on the [[The Fall of the House of Usher|short story]] by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] – ([[French films of 1928|France]])
*''[[The Farmer's Wife]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Jameson Thomas]] and [[Lillian Hall-Davis]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[Feel My Pulse]]'', directed by [[Gregory La Cava]], starring [[Bebe Daniels]], [[Richard Arlen]] and [[William Powell]]
*''[[The First Born (1928 film)|The First Born]]'', directed by [[Miles Mander]], starring Miles Mander and [[Madeleine Carroll]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[Four Sons]]'', directed by [[John Ford]]

===G===
*''[[The Gallant Hussar]]'' (lost), directed by [[Géza von Bolváry]], starring [[Ivor Novello]] and [[Evelyn Holt]] – ([[List of British films of 1928|GB]]/[[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (lost film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'' (lost), directed by [[Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker)|Mal St. Clair]], starring [[Ruth Taylor (actress)|Ruth Taylor]] and [[Alice White]]
*''[[A Girl in Every Port (1928 film)|A Girl in Every Port]]'', directed by [[Howard Hawks]], starring [[Victor McLaglen]], [[Louise Brooks]] and [[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]]
*''[[The Godless Girl]]'', directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]], starring [[Lina Basquette]], [[Marie Prevost]] and [[Noah Beery Sr.]]
*''[[The Guns of Loos]]'', directed by [[Sinclair Hill]], starring [[Madeleine Carroll]] ([[British films of 1928|GB]])

===H===
*''[[Habeas Corpus (1928 film)|Habeas Corpus]]'', directed by [[Leo McCarey]] and [[James Parrott]], starring [[Laurel and Hardy]]
*''[[Hangman's House]]'', directed by [[John Ford]], starring [[Victor McLaglen]]
*''[[The Haunted House (1928 film)|The Haunted House]]'', directed by [[Benjamin Christensen]], starring [[Thelma Todd]], based on a 1926 stage play by [[Owen Davis]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 324. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[His House in Order (1928 film)|His House in Order]]'' (lost), directed by [[Randle Ayrton]], starring [[Tallulah Bankhead]] – ([[List of British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[Homecoming (1928 film)|Homecoming]] (Heimkehr)'', directed by [[Joe May]], starring [[Lars Hanson]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]])
*''[[Honor Bound (1928 film)|Honor Bound]]'', directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[George O'Brien (actor)|George O'Brien]], [[Estelle Taylor]] and [[Leila Hyams]]
*''The House of Terror'' (lost), a 10-chapter serial directed by [[Roland D. Reed]]
*''[[The House on Trubnaya]] (Dom na Trubnoy)'', directed by [[Boris Barnet]] – ([[Soviet films of 1928|U.S.S.R.]])
* ''[[Hungarian Rhapsody (1928 film)|Hungarian Rhapsody]]'', directed by [[Hanns Schwarz]], starring [[Lil Dagover]], [[Willy Fritsch]] and [[Dita Parlo]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]])
*''[[Huntingtower (film)|Huntingtower]]'', directed by [[George Pearson (filmmaker)|George Pearson]], starring [[Harry Lauder]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])

===I===
*''[[In Old Arizona]]'', directed by [[Raoul Walsh]] and [[Irving Cummings]], starring [[Edmund Lowe]], [[Warner Baxter]] and [[Dorothy Burgess]], based on a 1907 short story ''The Caballero's Way'' by [[O. Henry]]
*''[[Interference (film)|Interference]]'', directed by [[Lothar Mendes]], starring [[Evelyn Brent]], [[Clive Brook]] and [[William Powell]] 
*''[[The Italian Straw Hat (1928 film)|The Italian Straw Hat]]'' ''(Un chapeau de paille d'Italie)'', directed by [[René Clair]] – ([[French films of 1928|France]])

===J===
*''[[Jujiro]] (Crossroads)'', directed by [[Teinosuke Kinugasa]] – ([[Japanese films of the 1920s|Japan]])

===L===
*''[[Ladies of the Mob]]'' (lost), directed by [[William A. Wellman]], starring [[Clara Bow]] and [[Richard Arlen]]
*''[[The Last Command (1928 film)|The Last Command]]'', directed by [[Joseph von Sternberg]], starring [[Emil Jannings]], [[Evelyn Brent]] and [[William Powell]]
*''[[The Last Warning (1928 film)|The Last Warning]]'', directed by  [[Paul Leni]], starring [[Laura La Plante]], based on the 1916 novel ''The House of Fear'' by Charles Wadsworth Camp<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 342">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 342. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[Laugh, Clown, Laugh]]'', directed by [[Herbert Brenon]], starring [[Lon Chaney, Sr.|Lon Chaney]] and [[Loretta Young]]
*''[[The Leopard Lady]]'' (lost), directed by [[Rupert Julian]], starring [[Jacqueline Logan]], [[Alan Hale Sr.|Alan Hale]] and [[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]], based on the play by [[Edward Childs Carpenter]]
*''[[Lights of New York (1928 film)|Lights of New York]]'', directed by [[Bryan Foy]]
*''[[Lilac Time (film)|Lilac Time]]'', directed by [[George Fitzmaurice]], starring [[Colleen Moore]] and [[Gary Cooper]]
*''[[A Little Bit of Fluff (1928 film)|A Little Bit of Fluff]]'', directed by [[Wheeler Dryden]] and [[Jess Robbins]], starring [[Sydney Chaplin]] and [[Betty Balfour]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[Lonesome (1928 film)|Lonesome]]'', directed by [[Paul Fejos]], starring [[Glenn Tryon]] and [[Barbara Kent]]

===M===
*''[[The Man Who Laughs (1928 film)|The Man Who Laughs]]'', directed by [[Paul Leni]], starring [[Mary Philbin]], [[Conrad Veidt]] and [[Olga Baclanova]], based on the 1869 novel ''[[The Man Who Laughs|L'Homme qui rit]]'' by [[Victor Hugo]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 327. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[Maria Marten (1928 film)|Maria Marten]]'', directed by [[Walter West (director)|Walter West]], starring [[Trilby Clark]] and [[Warwick Ward]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 328">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 328. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[The Matinee Idol (1928 film)|The Matinee Idol]]'', directed by [[Frank Capra]], starring [[Bessie Love]] and [[Johnnie Walker (actor)|Johnnie Walker]]
*''[[The Midnight Taxi]]'', directed by [[John G. Adolfi]], Starring [[Antonio Moreno]], [[Helene Costello]] and [[Myrna Loy]]
*''[[Mother Machree]]'' (lost), directed by [[John Ford]], starring [[Victor McLaglen]], [[Belle Bennett]] and [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]]
*''[[Moulin Rouge (1928 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'', directed by [[Ewald André Dupont]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[My Man (1928 film)|My Man]]'' (lost), directed by [[Archie Mayo]], starring [[Fanny Brice]]
*''[[The Mysterious Lady]]'', directed by [[Fred Niblo]], starring [[Greta Garbo]] and [[Conrad Nagel]]
*''[[The Mysterious Mirror]]'' ''(Der Geheimnisvolle Spiegel)'', directed by [[Carl Hoffmann]] and Richard Teschner<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 328"/> – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])

===N===
*''The New Version of the Ghost of Yotsuya (Shinpan Ōoka seidan)'', directed by [[Daisuke Itō (film director)|Daisuke Itō]], based on the 1825 play ''[[Yotsuya Kaidan]]'' by Tsuruya Nanboku IV – ([[List of Japanese films of the 1920s|Japan]])
*''[[Noah's Ark (1928 film)|Noah's Ark]]'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz]], starring [[Dolores Costello]], [[George O'Brien (actor)|George O'Brien]] and [[Noah Beery Sr.]]
*''[[The Noose (film)|The Noose]]'', directed by [[John Francis Dillon (director)|John Francis Dillon]], starring [[Richard Barthelmess]] and [[Thelma Todd]]
*''[[Number 17 (1928 film)|Number 17]] (Haus Nummer 17)'', directed by [[Géza von Bolváry]], starring [[Guy Newall]] and [[Lien Deyers]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]]/[[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]])

===O===
*''[[October: Ten Days That Shook the World]] (Oktyabr': Desyat' dney kotorye potryasli mir)'', directed by [[Sergei Eisenstein]] and [[Grigori Aleksandrov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1928|U.S.S.R.]])
*''[[On Trial (1928 film)|On Trial]]'' (lost), directed by [[Archie Mayo]], starring [[Pauline Frederick]], [[Bert Lytell]] and [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]]
*''[[Our Dancing Daughters]]'', directed by [[Harry Beaumont]], starring [[Joan Crawford]] and [[Johnny Mack Brown]]

===P===
*''[[The Passion of Joan of Arc]] (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)'', directed by [[Carl Theodor Dreyer]], starring [[Renée Jeanne Falconetti]] – ([[French films of 1928|France]])
*''[[The Patsy (1928 film)|The Patsy]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[Marion Davies]] and [[Marie Dressler]]
*''[[The Phantom City]]'', directed by [[Albert S. Rogell]], starring [[Ken Maynard]]
*''[[The Power of the Press]]'', directed by [[Frank Capra]], starring [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]] and [[Jobyna Ralston]]

===R===
*''[[The Racket (1928 film)|The Racket]]'', directed by [[Lewis Milestone]], starring [[Thomas Meighan]], [[Louis Wolheim]] and [[Marie Prevost]]
*''[[Ramona (1928 film)|Ramona]]'', directed by [[Edwin Carewe]], starring [[Dolores del Río]] and [[Warner Baxter]]
*''[[Ransom (1928 film)|Ransom]]'' (lost), directed by [[George B. Seitz]], starring [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]]
*''[[Rasputin, the Holy Sinner]] (Rasputins Liebesabenteuer)'', directed by Martin Berger – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[Rasputin (1928 film)|Rasputin, the Prince of Sinners]] (Dornenweg einer Fürstin)'', directed by Nikolai Larin and Boris Nevolin<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 330. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]]/[[List of Soviet films of 1928|U.S.S.R.]])
*''[[The Red Dance]]'', directed by [[Raoul Walsh]], starring [[Dolores del Río]] and [[Charles Farrell]]
*''[[Red Hair (1928 film)|Red Hair]]'' (lost), directed by [[Clarence G. Badger]], starring [[Clara Bow]] and [[Lane Chandler]]
*''[[The Ringer (1928 film)|The Ringer]]'', directed by [[Arthur Maude]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[The Road to Ruin (1928 film)|The Road to Ruin]]'', directed by [[Norton S. Parker]], starring [[Helen Foster (actress)|Helen Foster]]
*''[[Rose-Marie (1928 film)|Rose-Marie]]'' (lost), directed by [[Lucien Hubbard]], starring [[Joan Crawford]]

===S===
*''[[Sadie Thompson (film)|Sadie Thompson]]'', directed by [[Raoul Walsh]], starring [[Gloria Swanson]] and [[Lionel Barrymore]]
*''[[The Seashell and the Clergyman]] (La Coquille et le Clergyman)'', directed by [[Germaine Dulac]] – ([[French films of 1928|France]])
*''[[Sex in Chains]] (Geschlecht in Fesseln)'', starring and directed by [[William Dieterle]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]])
*''[[Show People]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[Marion Davies]] and [[William Haines]]
*''[[The Singing Fool]]'', directed by [[Lloyd Bacon]], starring [[Al Jolson]]
*''[[Sins of the Fathers (1928 film)|Sins of the Fathers]]'', directed by [[Ludwig Berger (director)|Ludwig Berger]], starring [[Emil Jannings]] and [[Ruth Chatterton]]
*''[[Skyscraper (1928 film)|Skyscraper]]'', directed by [[Howard Higgin]], starring [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]] and [[Alan Hale, Sr.|Alan Hale]]
*''[[The Smart Set (1928 film)|The Smart Set]]'', directed by [[Jack Conway (filmmaker)|Jack Conway]], starring [[William Haines]]
*''[[Something Always Happens (1928 film)|Something Always Happens]]'', directed by [[Frank Tuttle]], starring [[Esther Ralston]], [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] and [[Sojin (actor)|Sôjin Kamiyama]]
*''[[A South Sea Bubble]]'', directed by [[T. Hayes Hunter]], starring [[Ivor Novello]] and [[Benita Hume]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[Speedy (film)|Speedy]]'', directed by [[Ted Wilde]], starring [[Harold Lloyd]]
*''[[Spione]] (Spies)'', directed by [[Fritz Lang]], starring [[Rudolf Klein-Rogge]] – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[Steamboat Bill, Jr.]]'', directed by [[Charles Reisner]], starring [[Buster Keaton]] and [[Ernest Torrence]]
*''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', directed by [[Walt Disney]] and [[Ub Iwerks]], debut of [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]] and [[Minnie Mouse]]
*''[[Storm Over Asia (1928 film)|Storm Over Asia]] (Potomok Chingiskhana)'', directed by [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]], starring [[Valéry Inkijinoff]] – ([[Soviet films of 1928|U.S.S.R.]])
*''[[Street Angel (1928 film)|Street Angel]]'', directed by [[Frank Borzage]], starring [[Janet Gaynor]] and [[Charles Farrell]]
*''[[Sweeney Todd (1928 film)|Sweeney Todd]]'', directed by [[Walter West (director)|Walter West]], based on the 1847 stage play ''The String of Pearls, or The Fiend of Fleet Street'' by [[George Dibdin-Pitt]])<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 332. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])

===T===
*''[[Take Me Home (1928 film)|Take Me Home]]'' (lost), directed by [[Marshall Neilan]], starring [[Bebe Daniels]] and [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]]
*''The Tell-Tale Heart'', directed by Charles Klein and [[Leon Shamroy]], based on the 1843 [[The Tell-Tale Heart|short story]] by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]
*''[[Tempest (1928)|Tempest]]'', directed by [[Sam Taylor (director)|Sam Taylor]], starring [[John Barrymore]], [[Camilla Horn]] and [[Louis Wolheim]]
*''[[The Terrible People (serial)|The Terrible People]]'' (lost), a 10-chapter serial directed by [[Spencer Gordon Bennett]], starring [[Allene Ray]] and [[Walter Miller (actor)|Walter Miller]], based on the 1926 [[The Terrible People (novel)|novel]] by [[Edgar Wallace]]
*''[[The Terror (1928 film)|The Terror]]'', directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]], starring [[May McAvoy]], [[Louise Fazenda]] and [[Edward Everett Horton]], based on the 1927 [[The Terror (play)|stage play]] by [[Edgar Wallace]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 333. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[Terror Mountain]]'', directed by [[Louis King]], starring [[Tom Tyler]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 335">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 335. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[Tesha]]'', directed by [[Victor Saville]] and [[Edwin Greenwood]], starring [[María Corda]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[Thérèse Raquin (1928 film)|Thérèse Raquin]]'' (lost), directed by [[Jacques Feyder]] – ([[French films of 1928|France]])
*''[[A Thief in the Dark]]'', directed by [[Albert Ray]]
*''[[Three Sinners]]'', directed by [[Rowland V. Lee]], starring [[Pola Negri]], [[Warner Baxter]] and [[Olga Baclanova]]
*''[[Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928 film)|Tillie's Punctured Romance]]'' (lost), directed by [[A. Edward Sutherland]], starring [[W. C. Fields]], [[Chester Conklin]] and [[Louise Fazenda]]
*''[[Tommy Atkins (1928 film)|Tommy Atkins]]'', directed by [[Norman Walker (director)|Norman Walker]], starring [[Lillian Hall-Davis]] – [[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[Toni (1928 film)|Toni]]'', directed by [[Arthur Maude]], starring [[Jack Buchanan]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[The Trail of '98]]'', directed by [[Clarence Brown]], starring [[Dolores del Río]], [[Ralph Forbes]] and [[Karl Dane]]
*''[[The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (film)|The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel]]'', directed by [[T. Hayes Hunter]], starring [[Matheson Lang]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])
*''[[Two Tars]]'', directed by [[James Parrott]], starring [[Laurel and Hardy]]

===U===
*''[[Underground (1928 film)|Underground]]'', directed by [[Anthony Asquith]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])

===V===
*''[[The Viking (1928 film)|The Viking]]'', directed by [[Roy William Neill]], starring [[Donald Crisp]]
*''[[Ghosts Before Breakfast|Vormittagsspuk]] (Ghosts Before Breakfast)'', directed by [[Hans Richter (artist)|Hans Richter]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Vortex (film)|The Vortex]]'', directed by [[Adrian Brunel]], starring [[Ivor Novello]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]])

===W===
*''[[We Faw Down]]'', directed by [[Leo McCarey]], starring [[Laurel and Hardy]]
*''[[The Wedding March (1928 film)|The Wedding March]]'', directed by and starring [[Erich von Stroheim]] with [[Fay Wray]] and [[ZaSu Pitts]]
*''[[West of Zanzibar (1928 film)|West of Zanzibar]]'', directed by [[Tod Browning]], starring [[Lon Chaney]], [[Lionel Barrymore]] and [[Warner Baxter]], based on the 1926 stage play ''Kongo'' by [[Chester M. De Vonde|Chester De Vonde]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 335"/>
*''[[What a Night! (1928 film)|What a Night!]]'' (lost), directed by [[A. Edward Sutherland]], starring [[Bebe Daniels]] and [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]]
*''[[While the City Sleeps (1928 film)|While the City Sleeps]]'', directed by [[Jack Conway (filmmaker)|Jack Conway]], starring [[Lon Chaney]], [[Anita Page]] and [[Mae Busch]]
*''[[White Shadows in the South Seas]]'', directed by [[W. S. Van Dyke]]
*''[[The Wind (1928 film)|The Wind]]'', directed by [[Victor Sjöström]], starring [[Lillian Gish]] and [[Lars Hanson]]
*''[[A Woman of Affairs]]'', directed by [[Clarence Brown]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]], [[Greta Garbo]], [[Lewis Stone]], [[Johnny Mack Brown]] and [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]]

===Z===
*''[[Zvenigora]]'', directed by [[Alexander Dovzhenko]] – ([[Soviet films of 1928|U.S.S.R.]])

==Short film series==
*''[[Buster Keaton]]'' (1917–1941)
*''[[Our Gang]]'' ([[1922 in film|1922]]–[[1944 in film|1944]])
*''[[Laurel and Hardy]]'' (1921–[[1943 in film|1943]])

==Animated short film series==
*''[[Felix the Cat]]'' ([[1919 in film|1919]]–[[1936 in film|1936]])
*''[[Aesop's Film Fables]]'' ([[1921 in film|1921]]–[[1933 in film|1933]])
*''[[Krazy Kat]]'' ([[1925 in film|1925]]–[[1940 in film|1940]])
*''[[Koko the Clown|Inkwell Imps]]'' ([[1927 in film|1927]]–[[1929 in film|1929]])
*''[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]''
** ''Harem Scarem''
** ''Neck 'n' Neck''
** ''The Ol' Swimmin' Hole''
** ''Africa Before Dark''
** ''Rival Romeos''
** ''Bright Lights''
** ''[[Oh, What a Knight]]''
** ''Sagebrush Sadie''
** ''Ride'em Plow Boy''
** ''Sky Scrappers''
** ''Ozzie of the Mounted''
** ''[[Hungry Hobos]]''
** ''Poor Papa''
** ''The Fox Chase''
** ''Tall Timber''
** ''Sleigh Bells''
** ''Hot Dog''
*''Newslaffs'' ([[1927 in film|1927]]–1928)
*''[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse]]''
** ''[[Plane Crazy]]''
** ''[[The Gallopin' Gaucho]]''
** ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''

==Births==
*January 1 – [[Helen Westcott]], American actress (died [[1998 in film|1998]])
*January 2 – [[Ellen Kaarma]], Estonian actress (died 1973)
*January 5 – [[Denise Bryer]], British actress (died 2021)
*January 7 – [[William Peter Blatty]], American screenwriter (died 2017)
*January 13 - [[Gregory Walcott]], American actor (died 2015)
*January 15 – [[Joanne Linville]], American actress (died 2021)
*January 20 – [[Peter Donat]], Canadian-American actor (died 2018)
*January 23 – [[Jeanne Moreau]], French actress, singer, screenwriter and director (died 2017)
*January 26 – [[Roger Vadim]], French director, screenwriter and actor (died 2000)
*February 1 – [[Stuart Whitman]], American film and television actor (died 2020)
*February 4 – [[Vincent Wong (UK actor)|Vincent Wong]], Jamaican-born British-Chinese actor (died 2015)
*February 7 - [[Leonard Jackson (actor)|Leonard Jackson]], American actor (died 2013)
*February 8 – [[Jack Larson]], American actor (died 2015)
*February 11 – [[Conrad Janis]], American actor (died 2022)
*February 16 – [[Eva Ingeborg Scholz]], German actress (died 2022)
*February 18 – [[Little Caesar (singer)|Little Caesar]], American singer and actor (died 1994)
*February 22 – [[Paul Dooley]], American actor, writer and comedian
*February 24 – [[Al Lettieri]], American actor (died 1975)
*February 29
**[[Joss Ackland]], English actor (died 2023)
**[[Tempest Storm]], [[American burlesque]] performer and actress (died 2021)
*March 1 – [[Jacques Rivette]], French director (died 2016)
*March 3 – [[Joe Conley]], American actor (died 2013)
*March 11 – [[Albert Salmi]], American actor (died 1990)
*March 12 - [[Robert Paynter]], English cinematographer and actor (died 2010)
*March 13 – [[Douglas Rain]], Canadian actor (died 2018)
*March 16 – [[Victor Maddern]], English actor (died 1993)
*March 17 – [[Eunice Gayson]], English actress (died 2018) 
*March 19 
**[[Marceline Loridan-Ivens]], French actor (died 2018)
**[[Patrick McGoohan]], Irish actor (died 2009)
**[[Jan Shepard]], American actress (died 2025)
*March 24 – [[Vanessa Brown]] American actress (died 1999)
*March 27 – [[Reg Evans]], British actor (died 2009)
*March 29 – [[Philip Locke]], English actor (died 2004)
*March 30 – [[Lilia Prado]], Mexican actress, dancer (died 2006)
*March 31 – [[June Jago]], Australian actress (died 2010)
*April 1 – [[George Grizzard]], American actor (died 2007) 
*April 2 – [[Piet Römer]], Dutch actor (died 2012)
*April 3 – [[Kevin Hagen]], American actor (died 2005) 
*April 4
**[[Estelle Harris]], American actress and comedienne (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
**[[Monty Norman]], English composer of the "[[James Bond Theme]]" (died 2022)
*April 7
**[[James Garner]], American actor (died 2014)
**[[Valeria Sabel]], Italian actress (died 2009)
*April 11 – [[Henri Garcin]], Belgian actor (died 2022)
*April 12 – [[Hardy Krüger]], German actor (died 2022)
*April 23 – [[Shirley Temple]], American actress (died [[2014 in film|2014]])
*May 1 – [[Vitaly Melnikov (film director)|Vitaly Melnikov]], Russian director and screenwriter (died 2022)
*May 3 – [[Jeanne Bal]], American actress died (1996)
*May 7
**[[John Ingle]], American actor (died 2012)
**[[Georgi Rusev]], Bulgarian actor (died 2011)
*May 9 - [[Douglas Rain]], Canadian actor (died 2018)
*May 12 – [[Burt Bacharach]], American composer and songwriter (died 2023)
*May 18
**[[John Abineri]], English actor (died 2000)
**[[Sara Shane]], American actress (died 2022)
*May 21 – [[Alice Drummond]], American actress (died 2016)
*May 23 – [[Nigel Davenport]], English actor (died 2013)
*May 28 – [[Gina Cabrera]], Cuban actress (died 2022)
*May 30 – [[Agnès Varda]], Belgian-born French director, producer and screenwriter (died 2019)
*June 2 – [[Bob Amsberry]], American actor (died 1957)
*June 4 – [[Ruth Westheimer]], German-American sex therapist, talk show host and actress (died 2024)
*June 5 – [[Robert Lansing (actor)|Robert Lansing]], American actor (died 1994)
*June 7 – [[James Ivory]], American director, producer and screenwriter
*June 8 – [[Mimi Mariani]], Indonesian actress, model, and singer (died 1971)
*June 9 – [[Jackie Mason]], American stand-up comedian and actor (died 2021)
*June 12
**[[Vic Damone]], American singer, entertainer and actor (died 2018)
**[[Tom Rosqui]], American character actor (died 1991)
**[[Richard M. Sherman]], American film songwriter (died 2024)
*June 13 – [[Nikola Todev]], Bulgarian actor (died 1991)
*June 16 – [[Ernst Stankovski]], Austrian actor (died 2022)
*June 19 – [[Nancy Marchand]], American actress (died 2000)
*June 20 – [[Martin Landau]], American actor (died 2017)
*June 21 – [[Margit Bara]], Hungarian actress (died 2016)
*June 22 – [[Ralph Waite]], American actor (died 2014)
*June 29 – [[Ian Bannen]], Scottish actor (died 1999)
*June 30 – [[Clifford David]], American actor and singer (died 2017)
*July 5 - [[Warren Oates]], American actor (died 1982)
*July 6 – [[Nestor de Villa]], Filipino actor (died 2004)
*July 7 – [[Pat Hitchcock]], English actress and producer (died 2021)
*July 12 – [[Peter Cellier]], English actor
*July 13
**[[Bob Crane]], American actor (died 1978)
**[[Mace Neufeld]], American film and television producer (died 2022)
*July 14 – [[Nancy Olson]], American actress
*July 15 – [[Tom Troupe]], American actor and writer
*July 21 – [[Chuck Low]], American actor (died 2017)
*July 22 – [[Orson Bean]], American actor (died 2020)
*July 24 – [[Michael Currie (actor)|Michael Currie]], American actor (died 2009)
*July 26 – [[Joe Jackson (talent manager)|Joe Jackson]], American talent manager (died 2018)
*July 26 - [[Stanley Kubrick]], American director (died 1999)
*August 1 – [[Nick LaTour]], American actor (died 2011)
*August 6 – [[Andy Warhol]], American artist and director (died 1987)
*August 10 – [[Gus Mercurio]], American-born Australian character actor (died 2010)
*August 14
**[[Joëlle Bernard]], French actress (died 1977)
**[[Jacques Rouffio]], French director and screenwriter (died 2016)
**[[Lina Wertmüller]], Italian screenwriter and director (died 2021)
*August 15
**[[Nosher Powell]], English actor and stuntman (died 2013)
**[[Nicolas Roeg]], English director (died 2018)
**[[Simone Silva]], Egyptian-born French actress (died 1957)
*August 16 – [[Ann Blyth]], American actress
*August 18 – [[Norma Donaldson]], American actress and singer (died 1994)
*August 20 - [[Buddy Van Horn]], American stunt coordinator and director (died 2021)
*August 27 – [[Bernard Atha]], English actor (died 2022)
*August 28 – [[Charles Gray (actor)|Charles Gray]], English actor (died 2000)
*August 31 – [[James Coburn]], American actor (died 2002)
*September 1
**[[George Maharis]], American actor (died 2023)
**[[Allene Roberts]], American actor (died 2019)
*September 3 – [[Pilar Pallete]], Peruvian actress 
*September 4 – [[Dick York]], American actor (died 1992)
*September 9 – [[Darrell Zwerling]], American character actor (died 2014)
*September 11 – [[Earl Holliman]], American actor (died 2024)
*September 17 – [[Roddy McDowall]], British actor (died 1998)
*September 19 – [[Adam West]], American actor (died 2017)
*September 22 – [[Eugene Roche]], American actor (died 2004)
*October 1
**[[Laurence Harvey]], Lithuanian British actor (died 1973)
**[[George Peppard]], American actor (died 1994)
**[[Erica Yohn]], American actress (died 2019)
*October 2 – [[George McFarland]], American actor (died 1993)
*October 6 – [[Barbara Werle]], American actress (died 2013)
*October 17 – [[Don Collier]], American actor (died 2021)
*October 25
**[[Jeanne Cooper]], American actress (died 2013)
**[[Marion Ross]], American actress 
*October 29 - [[Ben Chapman (actor)|Ben Chapman]], American actor (died 2008)
*November 1 – [[Emmaline Henry]], American actress (died [[1979 in film|1979]])
*November 3
**[[Wanda Hendrix]], American actress (died [[1981 in film|1981]])
**[[Lew Palter]], American actor (died [[2023 in film|2023]])
*November 5 – [[Gwen Van Dam]], American actress (died [[2024 in film|2024]])
*November 10
**[[Ennio Morricone]], Italian composer (died [[2020 in film|2020]])
**[[Norma Crane]], American actress (died [[1973 in film|1973]])
*November 13
**[[Helena Carroll]], Scottish-American actress (died [[2013 in film|2013]])
**[[Ralph Foody]], American actor (died [[1999 in film|1999]])
*November 14 – [[Kathleen Hughes]], American actress
*November 16 – [[Clu Gulager]], American actor (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*November 20 – [[Franklin Cover]], American actor (died 2006)
*November 23 – [[Elmarie Wendel]], American actress singer (died 2018)
*November 25 – [[Rance Howard]], American actor (died 2017)
*December 1 – [[Malachi Throne]], American actor (died 2013)
*December 3 – [[Carlo Giuffrè]], Italian actor (died 2018)
*December 5 – [[Barbara Krafftówna]], Polish actress (died 2022)
*December 6 – [[Lance Fuller]], American actor (died [[2001 in film|2001]])
*December 9 – [[Dick Van Patten]], American actor (died 2015)
*December 10 – [[Barbara Nichols]], American actress (died [[1976 in film|1976]])
*December 12
**[[Lionel Blair]], English actor and television presenter (died [[2021 in film|2021]])
**[[Roberto Contreras]], American actor (died 2000)
*December 13 – [[Nati Mistral]], Spanish actress (died 2017)
*December 16 – [[Terry Carter]], American actor and filmmaker (died 2024)
*December 17 – [[Leonid Bronevoy]], Russian actor (died 2017)
*December 21 – [[Ed Nelson]], American actor (died 2014)
*December 25 – [[Dick Miller]], American actor (died 2019)
*December 29
**[[Bernard Cribbins]], English actor and singer (died 2022)
**[[June Preston]], American child actress (died 2022)

==Deaths==
*January 2 – [[Emily Stevens (actress)|Emily Stevens]], American stage & film actress (born 1882)
*January 3 – [[Claude France]], German film actress (born 1893)
*January 11 - [[Rapley Holmes]], Canadian stage and screen actor (born 1868)
*January 25 – [[Charles Gorman (actor)|Charles Gorman]], American stage and screen actor (born 1865)
*January 26 - [[Earl Metcalfe]], American actor, (born 1889)
*February 22 – Rudolph J. Bergquist American cinematographer
*March 5 – [[Lidia Quaranta]], Italian actress (born 1891)
*March 13 – [[Elsie Mackay]], British actress and heiress; ''lost at sea'' (born 1893)
*April 22 – [[Frank Currier]], American director, stage & silent film actor (born 1857)
*June 22 – [[George Siegmann]], American silent film actor (born 1882)
*June 24 – [[Holbrook Blinn]], American stage & silent film actor (born 1872)
*July 20 – [[Scott Sidney]], American film director (born 1872)
*July 21 
**[[Ellen Terry]], British stage actress of the Victorian and Edwardian times and later a silent film actress (born 1847)
**[[Ward Crane]], American film actor (born 1890)
*August 10 – [[Rex Cherryman]], American actor (born 1896)
*August 17 – [[Frank Urson]], American film director (born 1887)
*August 26 – [[Colin Campbell (director)|Colin Campbell]], British-born film director (born 1859)
*October 8 – [[Larry Semon]], American film comedian (born 1889)
*November 10 – [[Anita Berber]], German film actress (born 1899)
*November 19 – [[Jeanne Bérangère]], French stage and film actress (born 1864)
*December 14 – [[Theodore Roberts]], American film actor (born 1861)
*December 25 – [[Fred Thomson]], American film actor (born 1890)

==Film debuts==
*[[Mabel Albertson]] – ''[[Gang War (1928 film)|Gang War]]''
*[[Mischa Auer]] – ''[[Something Always Happens (1928 film)|Something Always Happens]]''
*[[Joe E. Brown]] – ''[[Crooks Can't Win]]''
*[[Dorothy Burgess]] – ''[[In Old Arizona]]'' 
*[[Madeleine Carroll]] – ''[[The Guns of Loos]]''
*[[Hobart Cavanaugh]] – ''[[San Francisco Nights]]''
*[[G. Pat Collins]] – ''[[The Racket (1928 film)|The Racket]]''
*[[Andy Devine]] – ''[[That's My Daddy]]''
*[[Lien Deyers]] – ''[[Spione]]''
*[[Stuart Erwin]] – ''[[Mother Knows Best (film)|Mother Knows Best]]''
*[[Anne Grey]] – ''[[The Constant Nymph (1928 film)|The Constant Nymph]]'' 
*[[Jean Harlow]] – ''[[Honor Bound (1928 film)|Honor Bound]]''
*[[Anna Magnani]] – ''[[Scampolo (1928 film)|Scampolo]]''
*[[Ray Milland]] – ''[[Moulin Rouge (1928 film)|Moulin Rouge]]''
*[[Edward Nugent]] – ''[[The Man in Hobbles]]''
*[[Lynne Overman]] – ''[[The Perfect Crime (1928 film)|The Perfect Crime]]''
*[[Randolph Scott]] – ''[[Sharp Shooters]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1928-01-01,1928-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1928 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1928-01-01,1928-12-31&adult=include List of 1928 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1928-01-01,1928-12-31&adult=include List of 1928 births] at [[IMDb]]

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