| Release Date | Film | Soundtrack | Cast | Crew | Company Credits |
| 19 September 1928 (sound version) {premiere} [New York City, New York, USA] 29 September 1928 (sound version) [USA) 1 January 1929 (silent version) [USA] 17 August 1929 [Denmark] 18 September 1929 [Norway] 19 September 1929 [Finland] 20 September 1929 [Hungary] 6 December 1929 [Prague, Czechoslovakia] 27 December 1929 [France] 12 August 1930 [Portugal] 13 September 2008 [CineFest, USA] |
THE SINGING FOOL (Musical | Drama) [1 hour 45 minutes] A singing waiter and composer (Al Jolson) loves two women (Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn), conquers Broadway and holds his dying son, singing "Sonny Boy." |
THERE'S A RAINBOW 'ROUND MY SHOULDER (uncredited) Music by Dave Dreyer Lyrics by Billy Rose and Al Jolson Sung by Al Jolson GOLDEN GATE (uncredited) Music by Dave Dreyer and Joseph Meyer Lyrics by Billy Rose and Al Jolson Sung by Al Jolson I'M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD (uncredited) Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Sam Lewis and Joe Young Sung by Al Jolson IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU (uncredited) Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown Sung by Al Jolson Played often in the score KEEP SMILING AT TROUBLE (uncredited) Music by Lewis E. Gensler Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Al Jolson Sung by Al Jolson SONNY BOY (uncredited) Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Al Jolson Played during the opening credits and often in the score Sung by Al Jolson THE SPANIARD THAT BLIGHTED MY LIFE (uncredited) Written by Billy Merson Sung by Al Jolson Recorded for the film but cut from the final print ROCK-A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH A DIXIE MELODY (uncredited) Music by Jean Schwartz First tune played during the opening credits CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME (uncredited) Music by Joseph Meyer Played during the intertitle about the "following four years" AULD LANG SYNE (uncredited) Traditional Played at midnight on New Year's Eve IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG NIGHT TONIGHT (uncredited) Music by Egbert Van Alstyne Played when Al is walking through the crowd after leaving the phone booth LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH (uncredited) Music by Ted Fio Rito Played when Al is applying the makeup SAN (uncredited) Written by Lindsay McPhail and Walter Michaels Played on the dance floor at Blackie Joe's FROM MONDAY ON (uncredited) Written by Harry Barris and Bing Crosby Played on the dance floor at Cafe Cliquot |
AL JOLSON ... Al Stone BETTY BRONSON ... Grace JOSEPHINE DUNN ... Molly Winton ARTHUR HOUSMAN ... Blackie Joe REED HOWES ... John Perry DAVID LEE ... Sonny Boy EDWARD MARTINDEL ... Louis Marcus ROBERT O'CONNOR ... Cafe Owner, Bill HELEN LYNCH ... Maid AGNES FRANEY ... 'Balloon' Girl THE YACHT CLUB BOYS ... Singing Quartette Rest of cast listed alphabetically: JACK STOUTENBURG CARL M. LEVINESS ... Carl - Waiter at Clicquot Club (uncredited) WILLIAM H. O'BRIEN ... Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited) BOB PERRY ... Doorman at Blackie Joe's (uncredited) |
Directed by: LLOYD BACON ======== Writing Credits (in alphabetical order): C. GRAHAM BAKER ... (adaptation) LESLIE BURROWS ... (story) JOSEPH JACKSON ... (dialogue) (titles) ======== Music by: SHELTON BROOKS ... (uncredited) JULES BUFFANO ... (uncredited) LOUIS SILVERS ... (uncredited) ======== Cinematography by: BYRON HASKIN ======== Film Editing by: RALPH DAWSON HAROLD McCORD ... (uncredited) ======== Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: FRANK SHAW ... assistant director ======== Sound Department: GEORGE R. GROVES ... sound recording engineer ======== Music Department: LOUIS SILVERS ... conductor THE VITAPHONE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ... orchestra EDMUND ROSS ... orchestrator (uncredited) LOUIS SILVERS ... music arranger (uncredited) ======== Additional Crew: LEWIS GEIB ... technician ESDRAS HARTLEY ... technician F.N. MURPHY ... technician VICTOR VANCE ... technician |
Production Companies: Warner Bros. (as The Vitaphone Corporation) ======== Distributors: Warner Bros. (1928) [USA] Theatrical MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1996) [USA] VHS ======== Other Companies: Western Electric [us] (apparatus produced with) |
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| Release Date | Film / Genre | Soundtrack | Cast | Crew | Company Credits |
| 6 January 1928 {premiere} [New York City, New York, USA] 17 February 1928 [Sweden] 22 February 1928 [Denmark] 9 April 1928 [Finland] 18 July 1928 [Argentina] 1928 [Turkey] 14 January 1929 [Portugal] 11 April 1969 (re-release) [France] 3 May 1969 (re-release) [USA] 30 May 1969 (re-release) [Finland] 7 August 1969 (re-release) [Sweden] 29 December 1977 (re-release) [Gent, Belgium] 18 December 1981 (re-release) [Finland] 12 June 1997 (re-release) [Germany] 19 December 2003 (re-release) [Greece] 5 June 2005 (re-release) [Seattle International Film Festival, USA] 13 December 2007 (re-release) [Norway] 1 November 2008 [San Luis Cine International Festival, Argentina] 6 May 2010 (DVD premiere) [Germany] 3 October 2010 [Greece Silent Film Festival] 5 February 2011 [Arsenal, Metz, France] October 2011 [Paris Mon Premier Festival, France] July 2012 [Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, France] July 2012 [Paris Cinéma, France] 3 October 2012 (DVD premiere) [France] November 2012 [Toulon Festival International des Musiques d'Ecran, France] 21 September 2013 [Athens Film Festival, Greece] 18 October 2013 (re-release) [Poland] |
THE CIRCUS (Comedy-Romance silent film) [1 hour 12 minutes] The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus. |
Silent Film | ALLAN GARCIA ... The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master MERNA KENNEDY ... His Step-Daughter - A Circus Rider HARRY CROCKER ... Rex - A Tight Rope Walker GEORGE DAVIS ... A Magician HENRY BERGMAN ... An Old Clown STANLEY J. SANDFORD ... The Head Property Man JOHN RAND ... An Assistant Property Man STEVE MURPHY ... A Pickpocket CHARLIE CHAPLIN ... A Tramp Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ALBERT AUSTIN ... Clown (uncredited) CHESTER A. BACHMAN ... Cop (uncredited) EUGENE BARRY ... Cop (uncredited) JACK BERNARD ... Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) STANLEY BLYSTONE ... Cop (uncredited) HEINIE CONKLIN ... Clown (uncredited) BILL KNIGHT ... Cop (uncredited) TORAICHI KONO ... Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) (unconfirmed) H.L. KYLE ... Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) BETTY MORRISSEY ... The Vanishing Lady (uncredited) L.J. O'CONNOR ... Cop (uncredited) JACK P. PIERCE ... Man Operating Ropes (uncredited) WYN RITCHIE EVANS ... Crowd (uncredited) HUGH SAXON ... Man in Circus Audience (uncredited) DOC STONE ... The Prizefighter (uncredited) ARMAND TRILLER ... Clown (uncredited) MAX TYRON ... Pickpocket Victim (uncredited) |
Directed by: CHARLIE CHAPLIN ======== Writing Credits: CHARLIE CHAPLIN ... (written by) ======== Produced by: CHARLIE CHAPLIN ... producer ======== Music by: CHARLIE CHAPLIN ... (music composed by) (1969) ======== Cinematography by: ROLLIE H. TOTHEROH ... (photography) ======== Film Editing by: CHARLES CHAPLIN ... (uncredited) ======== Casting by: AL ERNEST GARCIA ... (uncredited) ======== Art Direction by: CHARLES D. HALL ... (uncredited) ======== Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: HARRY CROCKER ... assistant director (uncredited) ======== Camera and Electrical Department: MARK MARLATT ... camera operator (uncredited) JACK WILSON ... camera operator (uncredited) ======== Music Department: CHARLIE CHAPLIN ... title music: sung by (1969 print) ERIC JAMES ... musical associate (1969 version) LAMBERT WILLIAMSON ... music arranger (1969 version) ALOIS REISER ... conductor: New York premiere (uncredited) ======== Transportation Department: TORAICHI KONO ... driver: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited) ======== Additional Crew: WILLIAM E. HINCKLEY ... laboratory supervisor TONY CAMPANARO ... monkey trainer (uncredited) HARRY CROCKER ... unit publicist (uncredited) HENRY EAST ... dog trainer (uncredited) CHARLES GAY ... lion trainer (uncredited) DELLA STEELE ... script supervisor (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Charles Chaplin Productions ======== Distributors: United Artists (1928) [USA] Theatrical Allied Artists (1928) [UK] Theatrical United Artists [FINLAND] Theatrical United Artists [ITALY] Theatrical United Artists (as Les Artistes Associés) (1969) [FRANCE] Theatrical - re-release Adams Filmi [FINLAND] Theatrical - re-release Dear Film [ITALY] Theatrical - re-release CBS/Fox Home Video (2000) [USA] DVD Image Entertainment (2000) [USA] DVD MK2 Diffusion (2001) [WORLD-WIDE] All Media Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2003) [FINLAND] DVD Warner Home Video (2004) [CANADA] DVD Warner Home Video (2004) [USA] DVD Warner Home Video (2005) [USA] DVD Arthaus Video (2010) [GERMANY] DVD Park Circus (2010) [UK] Blu-ray, DVD Capitol International Video [ITALY] Video Continental Home Vídeo [BRAZIL] DVD Continental Home Vídeo [BRAZIL] VHS De Agostini [ITALY] Video Collection: Il grande cinema Epoca [ARGENTINA] VHS Fonit Cetra Video [ITALY] Video Mondadori Video [ITALY] Video Ricordi Video [ITALY] Video Skema [ITALY] Video Videogram [ITALY] Video |
| January 1928 [UK] |
A WINDOW IN PICCADILLY (Drama) [ ] A rich man's son has an affair with a vamp but returns to his street-singer sweetheart. |
Silent Movie | DEGROOT ... The Professor JOAN MORGAN ... The Girl JOHN HAMILTON ... Piccolo JAMES CAREW ... The Father JULIE SUEDO ... Sally MAURICE BRADDELL ... Harry EDMUND WILLARD ... The Fourth Party MISS XX ... A Frailty |
Directed by: SIDNEY MORGAN ========= Writing Credits: SIDNEY MORGAN ... (writer) ========= Produced by: SIDNEY MORGAN ... producer |
Production Companies: Sidney Morgan Productions ========= Distributors: Woolf & Freedman Film Service All Media |
| 22 March 1928 [London, UK] 21 August 1928 [Berlin, Germany] 1 October 1928 [Finland] 30 October 1928 [Portugal] 1 November 1928 [Japan] 30 January 1929 [USA] |
MOULIN ROUGE (Drama) [2 hours 17 minutes] Parysia is the rage of Paris. She has a daughter, secretly engaged to Andre, and the boy's aristocratic father objects to the alliance because of Margaret's mother being a revue artist. Director Ewald Andre Dupont took almost a year to make Moulin Rouge at a production cost of $500,000, a huge amount for 1928. |
Silent Movie | OLGA TSCHECHOWA ... Parysia EVE GRAY ... Margaret JEAN BRADIN ... Andre GEORGES TRÉVILLE ... Father MARCEL VIBERT ... Marquis BLANCHE BERNIS ... Wardrobe Mistress ELLEN POLLOCK ... Girl Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ANDREWS ENGELMANN ... Chauffeur (uncredited) FORRESTER HARVEY ... Tourist (uncredited) RAY MILLAND ... Theater Patron (uncredited) |
Directed by: EWALD ANDRÉ DUPONT ======== Writing Credits: EWALD ANDRÉ DUPONT ... (uncredited) ======== Produced by: EWALD ANDRÉ DUPONT ... producer ======== Music by: JOSEPH LITTAU ... (1929) MIKE WESTBROOK ... (1990) ======== Cinematography by: WERNER BRANDES ======== Film Editing by: HARRY CHANDLEE ======== Art Direction by: ALFRED JUNGE ======== Production Management: ROBERT WÜLLNER ... production manager ======== Art Department: LUDWIG KAINER ... set and props ======== Camera and Electrical Department: HANS NATGE ... still photographer JAMES ROGERS ... assistant camera ======== Music Department: ROBERT ZIEGLER ... conductor: new score (1990) ======== Additional Crew: HARRY CHANDLEE ... titles |
Production Companies: British International Pictures (BIP) ======== Distributors: Wardour Films (1928) [UK] Theatrical Sono Art-World Wide Pictures (1929) [USA] Theatrical Grapevine Video [USA] VHS Grapevine Video (2006) [USA] DVD Network Distributing (2017) [UK] Blu-ray ======== Other Companies: Elstree Film & Television Studios (movie studio) |
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