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List Of Early Sound Feature Films (1926–1929)
This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking feature films made in the US and Europe during the transition to sound, between 1926-1929. During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including most notably sound on film formats such as Movietone and RCA Photophone, as well as sound on disc formats like Vitaphone for instance. This list includes film titles, release dates, production companies, audio type and its current archive status; denoting whether it exists, lost, incomplete, the film or audio elements exist only, as well as the number of discs extant for films recorded with Vitaphone soundtracks. 1926 1927 1928 1929 Links The Vitaphone Project [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound Film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before sound motion pictures became commercially practical. Reliable synchronization was difficult to achieve with the early sound-on-disc systems, and amplification and recording quality were also inadequate. Innovations in sound-on-film led to the first commercial screening of short motion pictures using the technology, which took place in 1923. The primary steps in the commercialization of sound cinema were taken in the mid-to-late 1920s. At first, the sound films which included synchronized dialogue, known as "talking pictures", or "talkies", were exclusively shorts. The earliest feature-length movies with recorded sound included only music and effects. The first feature film originally presented as a talkie (although it had only limited so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bush Leaguer
''The Bush Leaguer'' is a lost 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Monte Blue and Leila Hyams. It was produced and distributed by the Warner Bros. and had a Vitaphone soundtrack of music and sound effects. Cast *Monte Blue as Buchanan "Specs" White * Clyde Cook as Skeeter McKinnon *Leila Hyams as Alice Hobbs *William Demarest as John Gilroy *Richard Tucker as Wallace Ramsey *Burt Marshall as Stetson *Tom Dempsey as The "Parson" * Wilfred North as Stokes *William Wilson as William "Lefty" Murphy *Violet Palmer as Marie, Alice's maid *Rodney Hildebrand as Detective See also *List of baseball films *List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking feature films made in the US and Europe during the transition to sound, between 1926-1929. During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including most notably ... * List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silver Slave
''The Silver Slave'' is a lost film, lost 1927 silent film, silent film drama directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Irene Rich. It was produced and distributed by the Warner Brothers and a Vitaphone track of sound and effects was added, however there is no spoken dialogue. Plot Bernice Randall, who has forsaken the love of her sweetheart, Tom Richards, to marry for wealth, turns down Richards' proposal after the death of her husband, and she is denounced by him as a slave to silver. Lavishing the greater part of her fortune on her daughter, Janet, Bernice determines to give her the advantages she herself lacked. Despite her mother's disapproval, Janet scorns the affection of Larry Martin, a lifelong friend, after meeting Philip Caldwell, a wealthy sophisticate. Worried over Janet's growing attachment to Philip, Bernice determines to win Caldwell from her daughter, and in a confrontation involving the girl and Richards, now a millionaire, Janet is disillusioned in her mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Time Charley
''Good Time Charley'' is a 1927 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz. The film apparently had a Vitaphone soundtrack of music and effects. It was considered to be a lost film. However, as of January 2021, the film is listed as extant at the Library of Congress. Cast * Helene Costello as Rosita Keene * Warner Oland as Good Time Charley * Clyde Cook as Bill Collins * Montagu Love as John Hartwell * Hugh Allan as John Hartwell Jr. * Julanne Johnston as Elaine Keene * Robert Dudley as Optometrist (uncredited) * Gus Leonard as Card Player (uncredited) * Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky now owned by Diageo that originated in the Scottish burgh of Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire. The brand was first established by grocer John Walker. It is the most widely distributed brand of blended ... as Charles Garrick (uncredited) References External links * * * 1927 films American silent fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dog Of The Regiment
''A Dog of the Regiment'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. This film is presumed lost. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $188,000 domestic and $59,000 foreign. Plot Based on a story by Albert S. Howson, the film traces the life of Rin-Tin-Tin "from the time he was a puppy to the time when he fell into the hands of an American, fighting in France." The American is an flyer whose plane went down behind German lines.Cast * |
A Reno Divorce
''A Reno Divorce'' was a 1927 American silent romantic drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros., Ralph Graves wrote, directed and stars in this film which was the last of the five films he ever directed. The film is now considered lost. Vitaphone discs survive. Cast * May McAvoy as Carla * Ralph Graves as David * Hedda Hopper as Hedda Frane * Robert Ober as Eric Frane * William Demarest as James, the chauffeur * Anders Randolf Anders Randolf (December 18, 1870 – July 2, 1930) was a Danish American actor in American films from 1913 to 1930. Biography Anders was born in Viborg, Denmark, where he became a professional soldier in the Danish army and a world-class swo ... as David's father * Edwards Davis as Judge See also * List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features References External links * * * 1927 films 1927 romantic drama films American romantic drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Lost America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailor Izzy Murphy
''Sailor Izzy Murphy'' is a 1927 comedy-drama film released from Warner Bros. Pictures starring George Jessel, Audrey Ferris, Warner Oland and John Milijan. The film was a follow up to a previous film starring Jessel titled '' Private Izzy Murphy''. The premiere was set for October 8, 1927, at Warners' Theater, two days after the premiere of ''The Jazz Singer'', the first talking film (Part-talkie) starring Al Jolson. ''Sailor Izzy Murphy'' was filmed as a silent film, but was also released with a Vitaphone music soundtrack, with music and sound effects recorded on transcription disks which was synchronized with the film, but with no spoken dialogue. Plot Izzy, a perfume vendor, is urged by Jake, his partner, to sell Monsieur Jules, a millionaire perfume merchant, their special formula, but the merchant is incensed to see his daughter's picture on Izzy's perfume bottles and gives him the bum's rush. Aboard Jules's palatial yacht, he receives from Orchid Joe notes threatening ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jazz Singer
''The Jazz Singer'' is a 1927 American musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music score as well as lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolated sequences). Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and effectively marked the end of the silent film era. It was produced by Warner Bros. with the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system and features six songs performed by Al Jolson. Based on the 1925 play of the same title by Samson Raphaelson, the plot was adapted from his short story "The Day of Atonement". The film depicts the fictional story of Jakie Rabinowitz, a young man who defies the traditions of his devout Jewish family. After singing popular tunes in a beer garden, he is punished by his father, a hazzan (cantor), prompting Jakie to run away from home. Some years later, now calling himself Jack Robin, he has become a talented jazz singer, performing in blackfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Sailor's Sweetheart
''A Sailor's Sweetheart'' is a 1927 Warner Bros. silent film comedy directed by Lloyd Bacon. It stars Louise Fazenda and Clyde Cook. It was released with a Vitaphone soundtrack with a music score and sound effects. An incomplete print exists in England at the British Film Institute (BFI)/National Film and Television Archive, London. Cast * Louise Fazenda as Cynthia Botts * Clyde Cook as Sandy MacTavish * Myrna Loy as Claudette Ralston * William Demarest as Detective * John Miljan as Mark Krisel * Dorothea Wolbert as Lena Svenson * Tom Ricketts as Professor Meekham See also *List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking feature films made in the US and Europe during the transition to sound, between 1926-1929. During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including most notably ... * List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features References External links * * 1927 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Song Of Two Humans
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One-Round Hogan
''One-Round Hogan'' is a lost 1927 American boxing-drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Howard Bretherton. It starred Monte Blue and Leila Hyams. Blue also appears in the 1925 prequel called '' Hogan's Alley'', written by Darryl F. Zanuck. Turn of the 20th century boxing champ James J. Jeffries had a featured role in this movie. Cast * Monte Blue as Robert Emmet Hogan *Leila Hyams as Helen Davis *James J. Jeffries as Tim Hogan *Frank Hagney 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 *List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking feature films made in the US and Europe during the transition to sound, between 1926-1929. During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including most notably ... * List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
