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Vitaphone
Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects made by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National Pictures, First National from 1926 to 1931. Vitaphone is the last major analog sound-on-disc system and the only one that was widely used and commercially successful. The soundtrack is not printed on the film, but issued separately on Gramophone record, phonograph records. The discs, recorded at Revolutions per minute, rpm (a speed first used for this system) and typically in diameter, are played on a turntable physically coupled to the projector motor while the film is projected. Its frequency response is 4300 Hz. Many early sound film, talkies, such as ''The Jazz Singer'' (1927), used the Vitaphone system. The name "Vitaphone" derived from the Latin and Greek words, respectively, for "living" and "sound". The "Vitaphone" trademark was later associated with cartoons and other short subjects that had sound-on-film, optica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Tell The Wife (1927 Film)
''Don't Tell the Wife'' is a 1927 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Irene Rich, Huntley Gordon and Lilyan Tashman.Weaver p.489 Cast * Irene Rich as Mrs. Cartier * Huntley Gordon as Jacques Cartier * Lilyan Tashman as Suzanna * Otis Harlan as Magistrate * William Demarest as Ray Valerian * Margaret Gray as Frie See also *List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and/or Vitaphone, talking movies produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and its subsidiary First National Pictures, First National (FN) for the years 1927–1931. Synchronized Sound ... References Bibliography * John T. Weaver. ''Twenty Years of Silents, 1908-1928''. Scarecrow Press, 1971. External links * 1927 films 1927 romantic comedy films Films directed by Paul L. Stein American silent feature films American films based on plays Films based on works by Victorien Sardou W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Million Bid (1927 Film)
''A Million Bid'' is a 1927 silent drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Dolores Costello. It is based on the 1908 play, ''Agnes'', by Gladys Rankin Drew writing under the pseudonym "George Cameron". The story was previously filmed in 1914 under the same name. Plot Cast * Dolores Costello as Dorothy Gordon * Warner Oland as Geoffrey Marsh * Malcolm McGregor as Dr. Robert Brent * Betty Blythe as Mrs. Gordon * William Demarest as George Lamont * Douglas Gerrard as Lord Bobby Vane * Grace Gordon as Maid to the Gordons Preservation status An incomplete print of this film, with Italian intertitles, is housed at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It also administers Copyright law o .... References External links *with lobby cards) 1927 films Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cineteca Nazionale
Cineteca Nazionale is a film archive located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1949. By law it manages the so-called legal deposit, with the task of collecting, preserving and disseminating the productions of Italian cinema. It is the only Italian film library that enjoys the right of mandatory legal deposit of all films produced and co-produced in Italy and registered in the Public Film Register held by the SIAE. It is part of the nonprofit foundation Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. History Established in 1949, based in Rome, the Cineteca Nazionale preserves all the films of Italian nationality produced since then. It arose from the archival heritage of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, which in 1943, had been removed by the Nazi occupiers, losing unique materials. The films, sent to Germany, were lost in the course of World War II and many attempts to trace them in Germany and the Soviet Union after the war were unsuccessful. There are 60,000 film titles on fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Missing Link (1927 Film)
''The Missing Link'' is a 1927 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin, Ruth Hiatt and Tom McGuire. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The title of the film is a reference to the so-called "missing link" that connects man and the ape. Plot Cast * Syd Chaplin as Arthur Wells * Ruth Hiatt as Beatrice Braden * Tom McGuire as Colonel Braden * Crauford Kent as Lord Melville Dryden * Nick Cogley as Captain * Sam Baker as The Missing Link * Otto Fries * Kewpie Morgan as Baggage Master Reception The film was a major production by Warner Brothers, with a budget of $313,000. It earned $608,000, more than any other silent film released by the studio that season. The ''New York Times'' critic Mordaunt Hall praised the film, observing "there are sequences in this comic contraption that are almost ceirtai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Hearts (1927 Film)
''Irish Hearts'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Byron Haskin and written by C. Graham Baker and Bess Meredyth. The film stars May McAvoy, Jason Robards Sr., Warner Richmond, Kathleen Key, Walter Perry and Walter Rodgers. The film was released by Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ... on May 21, 1927. Plot Cast References External links * 1927 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1927 comedy films Warner Bros. films Films directed by Byron Haskin American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s American films English-language comedy films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Climbers (1927 Film)
''The Climbers'' is a 1927 silent film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and presumed lost film, lost. The film stars Irene Rich and was directed by Paul L. Stein, Paul Stein. It was based on Clyde Fitch's The Climbers (play), 1901 play of the same name, but bore scant resemblance to it. Previous versions of Fitch's play had been made, under the same name, in The Climbers (1915 film), 1915 with Gladys Hanson and also in The Climbers (1919 film), 1919 with Corinne Griffith. Plot The action takes place in Spain and Puerto Rico during the early 19th-century reign of Ferdinand VII. The Duchess of Arrogan (Irene Rich) is the victim of the machinations of court "climber" Countess Veya (Myrna Loy). The Countess arranges to hide the king's enemy, Duke Cordova (Forrest Stanley) in the Duchess's room where he is discovered resulting in the banishment of both to the colony of Puerto Rico, and the Duchess's estrangement from her powerful husband. In exile the Duchess successfully b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracked By The Police
''Tracked by the Police'' is a 1927 silent film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. based on a story written by Darryl Zanuck. It stars canine actor Rin Tin Tin. Ray Enright directed the film with 'Rinty's' costars being Jason Robards, Sr. and Virginia Brown Faire. The film may have had a Vitaphone sound effects/music track that is now lost. The film is preserved at the Library of Congress. Cast *Rin Tin Tin as Satan * Jason Robards, Sr. as Dan Owen * Virginia Brown Faire as Marcella Bradley *Tom Santschi as "Sandy" Sturgeon *Nanette the Dog as Princess Beth, Satan's girlfriend *Dave Morris as "Wyoming" Willie * Theodore Lorch as "Bull" Storm *Wilfrid North as Tom Bradley *Ben Walker as Crook Plot outline Dan Owen is in charge of construction at a dam site, and his dog is on guard duty. Dan's girl Marcella visits, accompanied by her own dog Princess Beth, so there are two romances budding. Dan has to complete the dam by a deadline, while his foreman Sandy tries to delay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brute (1927 Film)
''The Brute'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. It is considered to be a lost film. Plot Cast * Monte Blue as Easy Going Martin Sondes * Leila Hyams as Jennifer Duan * Clyde Cook as Oklahoma Red * Carroll Nye as The El * Paul Nicholson as Square Deal Felton See also * List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and/or Vitaphone, talking movies produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and its subsidiary First National Pictures, First National (FN) for the years 1927–1931. Synchronized Sound ... References External links ''The Brute'' on IMDB 1927 films 1927 lost films 1927 Western (genre) films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films English-language Western (genre) films Films directed by Irving Cummings Lost American Western (genre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitter Apples
''Bitter Apples'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and starring Monte Blue, Myrna Loy, and Paul Ellis. Cast * Monte Blue as John Wyncote * Myrna Loy as Belinda White * Paul Ellis as Stefani Blanco * Charles Hill Mailes as Cyrus Thornden * Sidney De Gray Sidney De Gray (16 June 1866 – 30 June 1941) was an English actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1940. He was born in England and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' Luke's F ... as Joseph Blanco * Ruby Blaine as Mrs. Channing * Patricia Grey as Wyncote's secretary Preservation status The film is currently lost. In February 1956, Jack Warner sold the rights to all of his pre-December 1949 films to Associated Artists Productions. In 1969, UA donated 16mm prints of some Warner Bros. films from outside the United States. No copies of ''Bitter Apples'' are known to exist. References External links * 1927 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matinee Ladies
''Matinee Ladies'' was a 1927 American silent film, silent comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Directed by Byron Haskin, the film starred May McAvoy and was Haskin's first directorial effort after having been a cinematographer. ''Matinee Ladies'' is now considered lost film, lost. Cast References External links * 1927 films 1927 comedy films Silent American comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Byron Haskin Lost American comedy films Warner Bros. films Films with screenplays by Sidney Buchman 1927 directorial debut films 1927 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Every Girl Should Know (film)
''What Every Girl Should Know'' is a 1927 American silent romance film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Ian Keith, Carroll Nye, Mickey McBan, Lillian Langdon, and Hazel Howell. Written by Lois Jackson, the film was released by Warner Bros. on March 20, 1927. Cast * Patsy Ruth Miller as Mary Sullivan *Ian Keith as Arthur Graham *Carroll Nye as Dave Sullivan * Mickey McBan as Bobby Sullivan * Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Randolph *Hazel Howell as Estelle Randolph *Carmelita Geraghty as Madame Le Fleur Preservation With no copies listed in any film archives, ''What Every Girl Should Know'' is a lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. .... References External links * 1927 films American romance films 1927 romance films Warne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
