Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1928

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <TABLE> <TR bgcolor="#000000"><TD><img src=strip28banner.jpg width=100%> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Top Ten Films of 1928: World Premieres</b></Font><br>  <a href=persac28.html>My 1982-29 Oscar Ballot</a> (<Font Size=-1><i>Updated</i></Font>)<br> <Font Size=-1><br></Font> <Table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>1.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=passjoan.html style="text-decoration:none">The Passion of Joan of Arc</a></b></Font> Dir. Carl-Theodor Dreyer. With Ren&#233e Maria Falconetti <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>2.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=falusher.html style="text-decoration:none">The Fall of the House of Usher</a></b></Font> Dirs. James Sibley Watson & Melville Webber <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>3.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=docksony.html style="text-decoration:none">The Docks of New York</a></b></Font> Dir. Josef von Sternberg. With George Bancroft, Betty Compson <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>4.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=thewind.html style="text-decoration:none">The Wind</a></b></Font> Dir. Victor Sj&#246str&#246m. With Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>5.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Un chien andalou</Font></b></Font> Dir. Luis Bu&#241uel. With Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Jaime Miravilles <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>6.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra</Font></b></Font> Dirs. R. Florey & S. Vorkapich <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>7.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=lastcomm.html style="text-decoration:none">The Last Command</a></b></Font> Dir. Josef von Sternberg. With Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>8.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Sadie Thompson</Font></b></Font> Dir. Raoul Walsh. With Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, Raoul Walsh <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>9.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><a href=strangel.html style="text-decoration:none">Street Angel</a></b></Font> Dir. Frank Borzage. With Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Natalie Kingston <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font></TD></TR> <TR><TD width=4% align=right><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>10.&nbsp</Font></TD><TD width=96% align=left><Font Face=Garamond Size=+1><b><Font Color="#003399">Speedy</Font></b></Font> Dir. Ted Wilde. With Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font></TD></TR> </Table> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+2><b>Reviews from 1928</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0099CC">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#0099CC">&#169</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=falusher.html style="text-decoration:none">The Fall of the House of Usher</b></a></Font> Dirs. James Sibley Watson & Melville Webber <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=passjoan.html style="text-decoration:none">The Passion of Joan of Arc</a></b></Font> Dir. Carl-Theodor Dreyer. With Ren&#233e Maria Falconetti <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#0099CC">&#169</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=thewind.html style="text-decoration:none">The Wind</a></b></Font> Dir. Victor Sj&#246str&#246m. With Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1928</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=inoldaz.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>In Old Arizona</b></a></Font> Dirs. Raoul Walsh & Irving Cummings. With Warner Baxter <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=racket.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>The Racket</b></a></Font> Dir. Lewis Milestone. With Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>A Ship Comes In</b></Font> Dir. William K. Howard. With Rudolph Schildkraut, Louise Dresser <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C&#150</b></Font><br> <hr> <br> <Font Color="#0099CC" Face=Garamond Size=+1><b>Still to Come from 1928</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Ten Most Enticing Prospects:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Arsenal</b></Font> Dir. Aleksandr Dovzhenko. With Semyon Svashenko, Amvrosi Buchma<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Circus</b></Font> Dir. Charlie Chaplin. With Charlie Chaplin, Merna Kennedy<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Crowd</b></Font> Dir. King Vidor. With James Murray, Eleanor Boardman, Bert Roach<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Fall of the House of Usher</b></Font> Dir. Jean Epstein. With Jean Debucourt<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>A Girl in Every Port</b></Font> Dir. Howard Hawks. With Victor McLaglen, Louise Brooks<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>October</b></Font> Dirs. Grigori Aleksandrov & Sergei Eisenstein. With Vladimir Popov<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Seashell and the Clergyman</b></Font> Dir. Germaine Dulac. With Alex Allin<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Show People</b></Font> Dir. King Vidor. With William Haines, Marion Davies, Paul Ralli<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Steamboat Bill, Jr.</b></Font> Dir. Charles Reisner. With Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>West of Zanzibar</b></Font> Dir. Tod Browning. With Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore<br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399"><b>Further Research:</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Cameraman</b></Font> Dir. Edward Sedgwick. With Buster Keaton, Marceline Day<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>L'&#201toile de mer</b></Font> Dir. May Ray. With Alice "Kiki" Prin, Andr&#233 de la Rivi&#232re<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Laugh, Clown, Laugh</b></Font> Dir. Herbert Brenon. With Lon Chaney, Loretta Young<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Little Match Girl</b></Font> Dir. Jean Renoir. With Catherine Hessling, Jean Storm<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Man Who Laughs</b></Font> Dir. Paul Leni. With Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Our Dancing Daughters</b></Font> Dir. Harry Beaumont. With Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Patsy</b></Font> Dir. King Vidor. With Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell, Marie Dressler<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Spies</b></Font> Dir. Fritz Lang. With Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Wedding March</b></Font> Dir. Erich von Stroheim. With Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>White Shadows on the South Seas</b></Font> Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. 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