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Overview of the events of 1927 in film
Overview of the events of 1927 in film
The following is an overview of 1927 in film , including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1927 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1927
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
The King of Kings
Pathé Exchange
$2,641,687
[1]
2
The Jazz Singer
Warner Bros.
$1,974,000
[2]
3
7th Heaven
Fox Film
$1,750,000
[3]
4
The Gaucho
United Artists
$1,400,000
[4]
5
The Patent Leather Kid
First National
$1,200,000
[3]
6
Wings
Paramount
$1,100,000
[5]
7
Love
MGM
$946,000
[6]
8
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
$894,000
[6]
9
When a Man Loves
Warner Bros.
$732,000
[2]
10
London After Midnight
MGM
$721,000
[6]
Events
[7]
[8]
January 10 –
Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy
Metropolis premieres in Germany. The film receives its American premiere in New York City on March 6.
March 11 – World's largest movie theatre, the
Roxy Theatre , opens in New York City.
April 7 –
Abel Gance 's
Napoleon often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premieres (in a shortened version) at the Paris Opéra and demonstrates techniques and equipment that will not be revived for years to come, such as hand-held cameras, and what is often considered the first widescreen projection format
Polyvision .
May 11 – The
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded in
Los Angeles by
Douglas Fairbanks . The
1st Academy Awards (Oscars) will be awarded to films which are released in 1927 or 1928.
August 12 – Paramount's dramatic film
Wings , which will go on to win the first
Academy Award for Best Picture , opens at the Criterion Theater in New York City, with an unheard-of roadshow admission price of $2.00 per ticket.
September 5 –
Nicholas Schenck becomes president of
Loews Inc. following the death of
Marcus Loew .
September 7 –
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit debuts in
Trolley Troubles .
September 23 –
Fox Films acquires the rights to the
Tri-Ergon
sound-on-film technology, which had been developed in 1919 by three German inventors, Josef Engl, Hans Vogt, and Joseph Massole.
October 6 –
The Jazz Singer , starring
Al Jolson , premieres at the Warner Theater in New York City. Although not the first
'talkie' , The Jazz Singer becomes the first box-office hit and popularizes sound motion pictures. It is the highest-grossing movie up to this time.[
citation needed ]
December 3 – The
silent
short
Putting Pants on Philip , the first official billing of comedy duo
Laurel and Hardy , is released in the United States.
Ang Manananggal , the first Filipino horror film, is released in the Philippines.
[9]
Cinematograph Films Act sets a minimum quota for
British films to be shown in British cinemas.
Italian
Alberto Rabagliati wins a
Rudolph Valentino look-alike contest and moves to
Hollywood to start his acting career.
The Three Tramps , the first Filipino comedy film featuring the
Silos brothers , is released in the Philippines.
[10]
Academy Awards
Notable films released in 1927
For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see
United States films of 1927
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Bed and Sofa (Tretya meshchanskaya) , directed by
Abram Room – (
U.S.S.R. )
The Beloved Rogue , directed by
Alan Crosland , starring
John Barrymore ,
Conrad Veidt and
Marceline Day
Belphégor , directed by
Henri Desfontaines – (
France )
Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt) , directed by
Walter Ruttmann – (
Germany )
Bigamy (Bigamie) , directed by
Jaap Speyer , starring
Heinrich George – (Germany)
Blighty , directed by
Adrian Brunel , starring
Ellaline Terriss and
Lillian Hall-Davis – (
GB )
The Bugle Call (lost), directed by
Edward Sedgwick , starring
Jackie Coogan
C
The Cat and the Canary , directed by
Paul Leni , starring
Laura La Plante and
Creighton Hale , based on the 1922
stage play by
John Willard
[12]
Chicago , directed by
Frank Urson , starring
Phyllis Haver
Children of Divorce , directed by
Frank Lloyd , starring
Clara Bow ,
Esther Ralston and
Gary Cooper
The Chinese Parrot (lost), directed by
Paul Leni
The Club of the Big Deed (Soyuz velikogo dela) , directed by
Grigori Kozintsev and
Leonid Trauberg – (
U.S.S.R. )
College , directed by
James W. Horne and Buster Keaton, starring
Buster Keaton
Confetti , directed by
Graham Cutts , starring
Jack Buchanan and
Annette Benson – (
GB )
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F
G
H
Her Wild Oat , directed by
Marshall Neilan , starring
Colleen Moore
His First Flame , directed by
Harry Edwards , starring
Harry Langdon
His Greatest Bluff (Sein größter Bluff) , directed by
Henrik Galeen and
Harry Piel – (
Germany )
The Honorable Mr. Buggs , directed by
Fred Jackman , starring
Matt Moore ,
Anna May Wong and
Oliver Hardy
Hot Kisses , directed by
José Nepomuceno – (
Philippines )
Hula , directed by
Victor Fleming , starring
Clara Bow
Husband Hunters , directed by
John G. Adolfi , starring
Mae Busch ,
Jean Arthur and
Mildred Harris
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The Lady in Ermine (lost), directed by
James Flood , starring
Corinne Griffith
Laila , directed by
Aziza Amir , starring Aziza Amir and
Stephan Rosti – (
Egypt )
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog , directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
Ivor Novello , based on the
novel by
Marie Belloc Lowndes – (
GB )
London After Midnight (lost), written and directed by
Tod Browning , starring
Lon Chaney ,
Marceline Day and
Conrad Nagel
Long Pants , directed by
Frank Capra , starring
Harry Langdon
The Love of Jeanne Ney (Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney) , directed by
G.W. Pabst – (
Germany )
The Love of Sunya , directed by
Albert Parker , starring
Gloria Swanson
The Loves of Carmen , directed by
Raoul Walsh , starring
Dolores del Río and
Victor McLaglen
M
Madame Pompadour , directed by
Herbert Wilcox , starring
Dorothy Gish and
Antonio Moreno – (
GB )
Man from the Restaurant (Chelovek iz restorana) , directed by
Yakov Protazanov – (
U.S.S.R. )
The Manor House of Fear (Le Manoir de la Peur) , directed by
Alfred Machin and
Henry Wulschleger , starring
Romuald Joubé
[14] – (
France )
Mata Hari , directed by
Friedrich Feher , starring
Magda Sonja – (
Germany )
Metropolis , directed by
Fritz Lang , starring
Alfred Abel – (
Germany )
Mockery , directed by
Benjamin Christensen , starring
Lon Chaney and
Ricardo Cortez
The Mountain Eagle (lost), directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
Nita Naldi – (
GB /
Germany )
My Best Girl , directed by
Sam Taylor , starring
Mary Pickford and
Charles "Buddy" Rogers
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P
Q
R
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The Scar of Shame , directed by Frank Peregini
Shooting Stars , directed by
Anthony Asquith and
A.V. Bramble – (
GB )
The Show , directed by
Tod Browning , starring
John Gilbert ,
Renée Adorée and
Lionel Barrymore , based on the 1910 novel The Day of Souls by Charles Tenney Jackson
Singed , directed by
John Griffith Wray , starring
Blanche Sweet and
Warner Baxter
Slide, Kelly, Slide , directed by
Edward Sedgwick , starring
William Haines ,
Sally O'Neil and
Harry Carey
Sorrell and Son , directed by
Herbert Brenon , starring
H. B. Warner and
Anna Q. Nilsson – (
GB )
Spring Fever , directed by
Edward Sedgwick , starring
William Haines ,
Joan Crawford and
George K. Arthur
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg , directed by
Ernst Lubitsch , starring
Ramón Novarro and
Norma Shearer
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans , directed by
F. W. Murnau , starring
Janet Gaynor and
George O'Brien
Svengali , directed by
Gennaro Righelli , starring
Paul Wegener , based on the 1894 novel
Trilby by
George du Maurier – (
Germany )
T
U
W
The Way of All Flesh (lost), directed by
Victor Fleming , starring
Emil Jannings
West Point , directed by
Edward Sedgwick , starring
William Haines and
Joan Crawford
When a Man Loves , directed by
Alan Crosland , starring
John Barrymore ,
Dolores Costello and
Warner Oland
Why Girls Love Sailors , directed by
Fred Guiol , starring
Stan Laurel and
Oliver Hardy
Wings , directed by
William A. Wellman , starring
Clara Bow ,
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers ,
Richard Arlen and
Gary Cooper
The Wizard (lost), directed by
Richard Rosson , starring
Edmund Lowe and
Leila Hyams , based on the 1911 novel Balaoo by
Gaston Leroux
Comedy film series
Animated short film series
Births
January 4 –
Barbara Rush , American actress (died 2024)
January 10 –
Lee Philips , American actor (died 1999)
January 15 –
Phyllis Coates , American actress (died 2023)
January 17 –
Eartha Kitt , American actress and singer (died 2008)
January 22 –
Walter Sparrow , English actor (died 2000)
January 28 –
Hiroshi Teshigahara , Japanese director (died 2001)
[16]
[17]
January 29 –
Peter Fernandez , American actor, voice director and writer (died 2010)
January 31 –
Jean Speegle Howard , American actress (died 2000)
February 3 –
Kenneth Anger , American underground experimental filmmaker and actor (died 2023)
February 7 –
Juliette Gréco , French singer and actress (died 2020)
February 12
February 14 –
Lois Maxwell , Canadian actress (died 2007)
February 16 –
June Brown , English actress (died 2022)
[18]
February 20 –
Sidney Poitier , American actor (died 2022)
March 1 –
Harry Belafonte , American singer and actor (died 2023)
March 4 -
Thayer David , American actor (died 1978)
March 7 –
James Broderick , American actor and director (died 1982)
March 18 -
George Plimpton , American actor (died 2003)
March 20 – Cairbre (also known as Leo),
Dublin Zoo -born
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lion mascot
March 21 –
Virginia Weidler , American actress (died 1968)
March 25 –
Monique van Vooren , Belgian-American actress (died 2020)
March 31 –
William Daniels , American actor
April 1 –
Maria Eugénia , Portuguese actress (died 2016)
April 2
Rita Gam , American actress (died 2016)
Ken Sansom , American actor and voice actor (died 2012)
April 3 -
Robert Hoy , American actor, stuntman and director (died 2010)
April 5 –
Chao-Li Chi , Shanxi-born actor (died 2010)
April 13 –
Maurice Ronet , French film actor, director and writer (died 1983)
April 16 –
Peter Mark Richman , American actor (died 2021)
April 19 –
Cora Sue Collins , American former child actress
April 30 –
Ellen Alaküla , Estonian actress (died 2011)
May 5 –
Pat Carroll , American actress (died 2022)
May 6 –
Ettore Manni , Italian actor (died 1979)
May 11
Bernard Fox , Welsh actor (died 2016)
Mort Sahl , Canadian-born American comedian and actor (died 2021)
May 13 –
Herbert Ross , American film director, producer and choreographer (died 2001)
May 20 –
David Hedison , American actor (died 2019)
May 21 –
Kay Kendall , English actress, comedienne (died
1959 )
May 22 –
Michael Constantine , Greek American actor (died 2021)
May 30 –
Clint Walker , American actor (died 2018)
May 31 –
Koreyoshi Kurahara , Malaysian-Japanese screenwriter, director (died 2002)
June 2 –
Thomas Hill , Indian-born American character actor (died 2009)
June 8 –
Jerry Stiller , American actor and comedian (died 2020)
June 15 –
Ottó Foky , Hungarian animator (died 2012)
June 23 –
Bob Fosse , American dancer, musical theatre choreographer, screenwriter and director (died 1987)
June 24 -
Bette Ford , American retired actress
June 27 –
Geoffrey Palmer , British actor (died 2020)
June 30
July 2 -
Brock Peters , American actor and singer (died 2005)
July 4
July 5 –
Beverly Tyler , American actress, singer (died
2005 )
July 6 –
Janet Leigh , American actress (died 2004)
July 7 –
Henry O , Chinese-American actor
July 9
July 15
July 30
August 9 –
Robert Shaw , British actor and novelist (died 1978)
August 14 –
Roger Carel (Bancharel), French voice actor (died 2020)
August 19 –
L. Q. Jones , American actor (died 2022)
August 21 –
Tony Steedman , English character actor (died 2001)
August 30 –
Bill Daily , American actor (died 2018)
September 9 –
Penelope Houston , English critic (died 2015)
September 12
September 13 -
Beverly Polcyn , American actress (died 2018)
September 16 –
Peter Falk , American actor (died 2011)
September 19
September 21 -
Joan Hotchkis , American actress and writer (died 2022)
September 24 –
Arthur Malet , English actor (died 2013)
September 26 -
Patrick O'Neal , American actor (died 1994)
October 1 –
Tom Bosley , American actor (died 2010)
October 7 -
Al Martino , American singer and actor (died 2009)
October 14 –
Roger Moore , English actor (died 2017)
October 15 –
Jeannette Charles , retired British actress
October 16 –
Eileen Ryan , American actress (died 2022)
October 18 –
George C. Scott , American film and stage actor (died 1999)
October 21 -
Howard Zieff , American director and producer (died 2009)
October 27 –
Silvia Laidla , Estonian actress (died 2012)
November 1 –
Marcel Ophuls , German documentary maker
November 3 -
Florence Paterson , Canadian actress (died 1995)
November 12 –
John Hollis , British screen actor (died 2005)
November 17
November 14 –
McLean Stevenson , American actor (died 1996)
November 20 –
Estelle Parsons , American actress
November 23 –
Sybil Jason , American actress (died 2011)
November 30 –
Robert Guillaume , American actor and singer (died 2017)
December 26 -
Chuck Hicks , American actor and stuntman (died 2021)
December 29 –
Giorgio Capitani , Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2017)
December 30 –
Bernard Barrow , American Actor (died 1993)
Deaths
January 13 –
Arnold Daly , American actor, playwright and producer (born 1875)
March 17 –
Charles Emmett Mack , American actor (born 1900)
April 25 –
Earle Williams , American actor (born 1880)
May 7 –
Bruce McRae , American stage and screen actor (born 1867)
May 16 –
Sam Bernard , English stage and screen actor (born 1863)
May 20 –
Oscar Stribolt , Danish actor (born 1873)
June 3 –
Einar Hanson , Swedish stage and screen actor (born 1897)
June 4 –
Robert McKim , American actor (born 1886)
July 26 –
June Mathis , American screenwriter (born 1889)
September 5 –
Marcus Loew , American theatre chain executive & founder of Loews Theatres (born 1870)
October 5 –
Sam Warner , American co-founder of Warner Brothers studios (born 1887)
October 13 –
Hughie Mack , American actor (born 1884)
November 4 –
Valli Valli , German stage and film actress (born 1882)
December 6 –
Kate Toncray , American actress (born 1867)
December 16 –
Romaine Fielding , American actor and director (born 1868)
December 24 –
Julia Bruns , American stage & film actress (born 1895)
Film debuts
See also
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