Shorts 1928
All short movies I have seen from 1928 ranked from best to worst.
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- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksWandering minstrel Oswald must rescue his lady love from imprisonment.
- DirectorHarold L. MullerCharles R. BowersStarsCharles R. BowersKathryn McGuireMelbourne MacDowellTwo Scotland Yard detectives travel to New York to investigate the "Fuzz-Faced Phantom": a strange entity who seemingly has the power to cause bizarre, surreal incidents.
- DirectorGermaine DulacStarsAlex AllinLucien BatailleGenica AthanasiouObsessed with a general's woman, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.
- DirectorWalt DisneyPenniless Oswald tries sneaking backstage to meet the shimmy dancer he fancies.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksStarsWalt DisneyInspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip involving some necking, though Minnie objects to the necking.
- DirectorJean RenoirJean TédescoStarsCatherine HesslingEric BarclayJean StormAn impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, she sees things in the flame.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyEdgar KennedyAt a rail crossing, a small fender-bender incident turns into a major tit-for-tat retaliatory war among various motorists.
- DirectorUb IwerksWalt DisneyStarsWalt DisneyMickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald is off to see his sweetheart when he is passed by a rival in a faster car. He takes the lead, though, when both drivers encounter a mud puddle; Oswald isn't afraid to get a little dirty, while his competitor is. Oswald arrives and serenades his love, hampered by the animals in the yard. The rival shows up and they fight over the girl, during which time she slips away with a third suitor.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOzzie tries to find a way to arrest the scoundrel Pete.
- DirectorErnö MetznerStarsHeinrich GothoEva Schmid-KayserSybille SchmitzA coin found on the street turns out to be unlucky for those who attempt to possess it.
- DirectorOtto MessmerFelix the Cat stays out late celebrating New Year's Eve and gets extremely drunk.
- DirectorDave FleischerKoko the Clown and his dog Fitz walk into a building where levers that control various aspects of the Earth are located. After Fitz presses a particular lever, the world goes topsy-turvy and out-of-control.
- DirectorUb IwerksStarsWalt DisneyMickey rides up to a cantina and does a tango with Minnie. When a big cat steals her away, Mickey gives chase, riding a drunken ostrich. At the hideout, Mickey has a swordfight with the cat.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksConstruction worker Oswald must save his sweetheart when his boss makes advances toward her.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDorothy CoburnThe boys are contracted to build a house in a day but they have many mishaps and run into trouble with the nearby hospital staff, due to their excessive noise.
- DirectorHans RichterStarsWerner GraeffWalter GronostayPaul HindemithHans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.
- DirectorOtto MessmerAn animated short in which Felix the Cat is drawn, but he is not satisfied with the results and he attempts to fix it.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald is with his mates in a fox hunt, but he finds his horse is stubborn and won't let him ride at first. Meanwhile, the sly fox outwits the dogs and riders in pursuit at every turn.
- DirectorEdgar KennedyLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyTiny SandfordInexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald struggles with clever ducks, rolling boulders, and bears in his encounter with nature.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyCharlie HallIn the dead of night, a terrible toothache wakes up poor Stan, and after a series of home-made remedies, Ollie takes him to the dentist. There, ample amounts of laughing gas lead to the perfect mess. Will Stan ever visit the dentist again?
- DirectorRobert FloreySlavko VorkapichStarsJules RaucourtVoya GeorgeRobert FloreyA wannabe movie star experiences the surreal horrors of dehumanization at the bottom of Hollywood's social ladder as his hopes for success vanish and his identity is reduced to a number.
- DirectorEdgar KennedyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyWilson BengeMembers of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else's lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor. Soon they're out of a job, as well as their lodgings when the landlady finds out they've been fired. The boys try their luck at being street musicians, but the tiffs they get into with each other soon spread to passersby in general, until the street is filled with men pulling each other's pants off.
- DirectorMan RayStarsKiki of MontparnasseAndré de la RivièreRobert DesnosTwo people stand on a road, out of focus. Seen distorted through a glass, they retire upstairs to a bedroom where she undresses. He says, "Adieu." Images: the beautiful girl, a starfish in a jar, city scenes, newspapers, tugboats. More images: starfish, the girl. "How beautiful she is." Repeatedly. He advances up the stair, knife in hand, starfish on the step. Three people stand on a road, out of focus. "How beautiful she was." "How beautiful she is." "Beautiful."
- DirectorOtto Messmer
- DirectorLeo McCareyJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyEdgar KennedyWhen Laurel visits Hardy at home, hi-jinx occur and the Mrs. orders them out. They go to a golf course where they try to impress two young ladies and wind up in a mud-slinging fight with other golfers.
- DirectorOtto MessmerFelix the Cat is on a meeting of cats, and says they can all live in space. He fires an arrow upwards with a rope attached. The arrow hits the tire of a cyclist on Saturn, who pulls up the rope and Felix with it. The cyclist fights with Felix and then kicks him of the planet. Felix lands on Mars, where he saves the king from a comet. He then throws a rope to Earth, inviting all the cats to come to Mars.
- DirectorJames ParrottFred GuiolStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyAnita GarvinStan and Ollie hold out money from their paychecks from their shrewish wives so they can enjoy a night out on the town... with predictable results.
- DirectorJoris IvensClose shots of a railway train underway: track racing underneath, steam escaping, cars coupling, gears ratcheting, signals changing.
- DirectorEmmett J. FlynnStarsOliver HardyStan LaurelOliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver's fancy furnishings.
- DirectorThomas ChalmersStarsRobert BenchleyDr. Benchley lectures the women's club on the unusual but important title-topic.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyVivien OaklandStan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.
- DirectorOtto Messmer
- DirectorJames ParrottLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyRichard CarleLoony scientist (Carle) hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.
- DirectorJohn FosterPaul TerryA small hungry dog tries to mooch some food from Farmer Al Falfa, who today is a butcher, busily chopping up large pieces of meat in front of his shop. The dog finally just resorts to outright theft, as well as a gang of other dogs, who run off with everything not bolted down. A dog catcher proves totally ineffectual, and the mutts he's already put into his wagon escape, and Al loses more of his goods.
- DirectorOtto MessmerFelix goes to a fortune teller and then an astrologer to learn his future.
- DirectorJames Sibley WatsonMelville WebberStarsHerbert SternHildegarde WatsonMelville WebberAn avant-garde take on Poe's classic story of a traveller taking shelter at a household under a mysterious curse.
- DirectorOtto MessmerFelix the Cat is flung to India by a blast of water, there he is chased by tigers, charms snakes, and rescues a elephant he takes home to the circus.
- DirectorFrank ButlerHal RoachStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDorothy CoburnLaurel & Hardy, in pre-historic times, vie for the hand of the same Stone Age beauty.
- DirectorFriz FrelengRudolf IsingOswald and his engine company are called on to help put out a fire.