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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
RankTitleDistributorDomestic 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

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Academy Awards

Notable films released in 1927

For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see United States films of 1927[11]

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Comedy film series

Animated short film series

Births

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 theater chain executive & founder of Loews Theaters (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

References

  1. Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813123240.
  2. 1 2 Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15.
  3. 1 2 Jones, Lon (March 4, 1944). "Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2012 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 93.
  5. Reid, John Howard (2008). Silent Films & Early Talkies on DVD: A Classic Movie Fan's Guide. pp. 303. ISBN 978-1-4357-1073-3.
  6. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  7. "Time After Time: Movies from 1927". Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
  8. "Timeline of Greatest Film Milestones and Turning Points in Film History".
  9. "Ang Manananggal (1927)". imdb.com.
  10. "The Three Tramps (1927)". imdb.com.
  11. "Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1927". IMDb.
  12. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 311. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  13. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  14. 1 2 3 Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  15. Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  16. Bergan, Ronald (2001-04-26). "Obituary: Hiroshi Teshigahara". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  17. "Hiroshi Teshigahara's Multimedia Tradition". Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  18. Whitmore, Greg (4 April 2022). "June Brown: a life in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
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