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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.)

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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
Jesse James
First National
Paramount
$1,200,000[3][5]
6 Wings Paramount $1,100,000[6]
7 My Best Girl United Artists $1,027,757[7]
8 Love MGM $946,000[8]
9 The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg $894,000[8]
10 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Fox Film $818,000[9]

Events

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Academy Awards

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Notable films released in 1927

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For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see United States films of 1927[14]

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Comedy film series

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Animated short film series

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Births

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Deaths

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  • 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 1877)
  • July 26 – June Mathis, American screenwriter (born 1887)
  • 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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813123240.
  2. ^ Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15.
  3. ^ a b 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. ISBN 978-0-2992-3014-2.
  5. ^ Karen R. Jones, American West: Competing Visions, Edinburgh University Press, 2009, pp. 250-251
  6. ^ Reid, John Howard (2008). Silent Films & Early Talkies on DVD: A Classic Movie Fan's Guide. pp. 303. ISBN 978-1-4357-1073-3.
  7. ^ Eyman, Scott (1990). Mary Pickford, America's Sweetheart. ISBN 1-55611-147-9. The film had the solid success it deserved; in its premiere New York engagement, at the Rialto,My Best Girl grossed $81,000 in its three week run, recouping a sixth of its production cost of $483,103 at just one theater. Its total domestic gross amounted to $1,027,757.
  8. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  9. ^ Eyman, Scott (1997). The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930. ISBN 0-684-81162-6. Sunrise ended up amassing domestic rentals of $818,000.
  10. ^ "Time After Time: Movies from 1927". Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
  11. ^ "Timeline of Greatest Film Milestones and Turning Points in Film History".
  12. ^ "Ang Manananggal (1927)". imdb.com.
  13. ^ "The Three Tramps (1927)". imdb.com.
  14. ^ "Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1927". IMDb.
  15. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 311. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  16. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  17. ^ a b c Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  18. ^ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
  19. ^ Bergan, Ronald (2001-04-26). "Obituary: Hiroshi Teshigahara". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  20. ^ "Hiroshi Teshigahara's Multimedia Tradition". Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  21. ^ Whitmore, Greg (4 April 2022). "June Brown: a life in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
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