The year in ages
1928
The movies of 1928, and how old the leads really were when they hit cinemas.
36average lead age in 1928
22Greta Garbo in The Mysterious Lady
45George Bancroft in The Docks of New York
36titles of 1928 on record
35lead The Passion of Joan of Arc
Maria Falconetti was 35
The Circus
The Cameraman
35lead The Man Who Laughs
Conrad Veidt was 35
29lead The Crowd
Eleanor Boardman was 29
34lead The Fall of the House of Usher
Jean Debucourt was 34
34lead The Wind
Lillian Gish was 34
45lead The Docks of New York
George Bancroft was 45
Speedy
The Last Command
42lead Spies
Rudolf Klein-Rogge was 42
39lead The Farmer's Wife
Jameson Thomas was 39
Champagne
Easy Virtue
Lonesome
Street Angel
31lead Show People
Marion Davies was 31
38lead Two Tars
Stan Laurel was 38
37lead You're Darn Tootin'
Stan Laurel was 37
37lead The Finishing Touch
Stan Laurel was 37
The Wedding March
37lead Leave 'Em Laughing
Stan Laurel was 37
45lead West of Zanzibar
Lon Chaney was 45
The Racket
43lead Beggars of Life
Wallace Beery was 43
35lead L'Argent
Pierre Alcover was 35
Sadie Thompson
37lead From Soup to Nuts
Stan Laurel was 37
45lead Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Lon Chaney was 45
22lead The Mysterious Lady
Greta Garbo was 22
38lead We Faw Down
Stan Laurel was 38
39lead In Old Arizona
Warner Baxter was 39
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
22lead Our Dancing Daughters
Joan Crawford was 22
38lead Habeas Corpus
Stan Laurel was 38
37lead Their Purple Moment
Stan Laurel was 37