''One-Round Hogan'' is a lost 1927 American synchronized sound boxing-drama film produced and distributed 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 ...
and directed by
Howard Bretherton
Howard Bretherton (13 February 1890, in Tacoma, Washington – 12 April 1969, in San Diego, California) was an American film director and film editor.
Career
He began his career as a propman and then became a film editor during the early 1920s f ...
. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the
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 sys ...
sound-on-disc process. The film starred
Monte Blue
Gerard Montgomery Blue (January 11, 1887 – February 18, 1963) was an American film actor who began his career as a romantic lead in the silent era; and for decades after the advent of sound, he continued to perform as a supporting player ...
and Leila Hyams. Blue also appears in the 1925 predecessor called '' Hogan's Alley'', written by
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl Francis Zanuck (; September 5, 1902December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. Best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox, he played a ...
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Turn of the 20th century boxing champ James J. Jeffries had a featured role in this movie.
Cast
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Monte Blue
Gerard Montgomery Blue (January 11, 1887 – February 18, 1963) was an American film actor who began his career as a romantic lead in the silent era; and for decades after the advent of sound, he continued to perform as a supporting player ...
Frank Hagney
Frank Sidney Hagney (20 March 1884 – 25 June 1973) was an Australian actor. He is known for his work on '' It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946), '' Ride Him, Cowboy'' (1932) and '' The Sea Beast'' (1926).
Early life and career
Born in Sydney, ...
as "Big Joe" Morgan
* Tom Gallery as Ed Davis
*Texas Kid as himself
*Abdul the Turk as "Sniffy"
*Andy Clark (uncredited)
* Tom Kennedy (uncredited)
See also
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List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part or full talking feature films made in the United States and Europe during the transition from silent film to sound film, sound, between 1926 and 1929. During this time a variety of recording syst ...
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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 ...