Tuesday, May 31, 2022

April 1927 (It)

The Cat and the Canary (1927)


• Alias the Deacon (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Ankles Preferred (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Away in the Lead (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)

• Big Timber (see: Last MacGregor, The)
Bred in Old Kentucky (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Broncho Twister (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

The Canadian (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Cat and the Canary (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Chess Player (Le joueur d'échecs) (Fr - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Circumstantial Evidence (The Price of Honor) (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

The Demi-Bride (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Demon Flyer (Wide Open) (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
• The Dover Road (The Little Adventuress) (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Driven From Home (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

Fashionable Fakers (see: Going Concern, A)
Fate Gave Me Twenty Cents (God Gave Me Twenty Cents) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• Fighting for Fame (serial) (USA - 1927 - 10 chapters - bw) (silent)
The Final Extra (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Flashing Fangs (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• Forbidden Love (see: Queen Was in the Parlour, The)

The Galloping Devil (USA - 1920 - bw) (silent)
God Gave Me Twenty Cents (see: Fate Gave Me Twenty Cents)
A Going Concern (Fashionable Fakers) (USA - 1923 - bw) (silent)
The Gypsy Romance (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Hard Fists (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Heroes of the Night (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Hey! Hey! Cowboy (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
His New York Wife (see: Secret Wedding, The)
The Hound of the Deep (see: Pearl of the South Seas)

The Irony of Fate (L'ironie du sort) (Fr - 1924 - bw) (silent)
It (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

The Jade Cup (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Just Another Blonde (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Keeper of the Bees (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)

• The Last MacGregor (Big Timber) (Can - 1924 - bw) (silent)
• The Little Adventuress (see: Dover Road, The)
The Love of Sunya (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Love's Greatest Mistake (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Malice (Der Mann aus dem Jenseits) (Ger - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Man Who Cheated Life (see: Student of Prague, The)
• Matinee Ladies (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
A Modern Don Juan (Les cinquante ans de Don Juan) (Fr - 1925 - bw) (silent)

New York (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Night Bride (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

The Overland Stage (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

Passion's Pathway (USA - 1924 - bw) (silent)
Pearl of the South Seas /USA: The Hound of the Deep (UK - 1927 - bw) (silent)
• The Phantom of the Circus (Was ist los im Zirkus Beely?) (Ger - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Price of Honor (see: Circumstantial Evidence)

• The Queen Was in the Parlour /USA: Forbidden Love (UK/Ger - 1927 - bw) (silent)

The Rambling Ranger (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Red Kimona (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Red Signals (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Return of the Riddle Rider (serial) (USA - 1927 - 10 chapters - bw) (silent)
• The Romany Princess (Der Zigeunerbaron) (Ger - 1927 - bw) (silent)
• Roses of Picardy (UK - 1927 - bw) (silent)

The Saddle Cyclone (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
The Secret Wedding (His New York Wife) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• The Set-Up (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Should One Marry? (Soll man heiraten?) (Ger - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Somewhere in Sonora (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Stepping Along (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Student of Prague (Der Student von Prag) /USA: The Man Who Cheated Life (Ger - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Syncopating Sue (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Three Hours (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
• Twinkletoes (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

While London Sleeps (USA - 1926 - bw) (music / sound fx)
Whispering Sage (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Wide Open (see: Demon Flyer, The)
• Women Love Diamonds (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles in this entry were first trade-shown in London in Apr 1927, as per Kine Weekly (1889-1971) and The Bioscope (1908-1932). Some films may have been screened earlier in other cities. Nationwide release dates may differ.

Updated 3 Dec 2023.


March 1927 (Metropolis)

Abandoned (La clé de voûte) (Fr - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Atta Boy (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Auctioneer (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

The Bachelor's Baby (see: Wanted:A Baby)
The Beloved Rogue (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Blazing Days (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Blighty (UK - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Blonde Saint (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Denver Dude (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Desert Greed (see: Greed of Gold)
Deuce High (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Don't Tell the Wife (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Dude Cowboy (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Eagle of the Sea (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Erstwhile Susan (see: Her Very First Kiss)

The Fighting Failure (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The First Night (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Flaming Fury (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Footlight Glamour (Upstream) (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Fourth Commandment (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Gay Old Bird (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Great Railway Robbery (The Open Switch) (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Greed of Gold (Desert Greed) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

• Heaven on Earth (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Her Sacrifice (see: Whom God Hath Joined)
Her Very First Kiss (Erstwhile Susan) (USA - 1919 - bw) (silent)
Hills of Kentucky (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The House Without a Key (serial) (USA - 1925 - 10 chapters - bw) (silent)
Husband Hunters (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

The Lady in Ermine (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Last Alarm (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Lightning Hutch (serial) (USA - 1926 - 10 chapters - bw) (silent) ¹
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Love Makes 'Em Wild (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Love Thrill (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

Marriage (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Metropolis (Ger - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• The Midnight Watch (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Mile-a-Minute Man (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Missing Link (USA - 1927 - bw) (music / sound fx)
• Money to Burn (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Monkey Talks (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

The Open Switch (see: Great Railway Robbery, The)
Out of the West (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Paradise for Two (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Perfect Sap (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
A Poor Girl's Romance (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Rapid Fire Romance (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• The Red Mill (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Romance of a Million Dollars (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Say It Again (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Scorcher (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Show (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Smiling Billy (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Snarl of Hate (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Stage Madness (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Sunshine of Paradise Alley (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Taxi Dancer (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Tell It to the Marines (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Trouble Chaser (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Upstream (see: Footlight Glamour)

The Valley of Hell (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Vanishing Millions (serial) (USA - 1926 - 15 chapters - bw) (silent)
Venus of Venice (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

Wandering Girls (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Wanted: A Baby (The Bachelor's Baby) (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The War Horse (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
What Every Girl Should Know (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
What Price Glory (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent) ²
The White Black Sheep (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• White Flannels (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
White Wings (The Yankee Clipper) (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Whom God Hath Joined (Her Sacrifice) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Wreck (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

The Yankee Clipper (see: White Wings)

¹ Condensed feature version: The Danger Man (1930), with music and sound fx.

² Reissued in 1927 with music and sound fx.

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles in this entry were first trade-shown in London in Mar 1927, as per Kine Weekly (1889-1971) and The Bioscope (1908-1932). Some films may have been screened earlier in other cities. Nationwide release dates may differ.

Updated 3 Dec 2023.


Monday, May 30, 2022

February 1927 (The Great Gatsby)

The Arizona Streak (see: Fatal Card, The)

The Baited Trap (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Blasphemer (see: Wordly Power)
Blonde or Brunette (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Breed of the Sea (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Broke to the Wide (The Cowboy Cop) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Burnt Fingers (see: Self Defence)

• Carmen (Fr - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Chattering Fools (Her Indiscretion) (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Cowboy Cop (see: Broke to the Wide)
The Cruise of the Jasper B (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Dagfin (see: Souls Aflame)
Dancing Mad (Madame wünscht keine Kinder) /USA: Madame Doesn't Want Children (Ger - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Dangerous Paths (Auf gefährlichen Spuren) (Ger - 1924 - bw) (silent)
Don't Play With Love (Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe) (Ger - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Everybody's Acting (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Fanny Hawthorne (see: Hindle Wakes)
The Fatal Card (The Arizona Streak) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Fighting Love (see: If the Gods Laugh)
The Fighting Stranger (USA - 1921 - bw) (silent)
Finger Prints (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Forbidden Fruit (Die Kleine vom Varieté) (Ger - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Forever After (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Gallant Fool (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Going Crooked (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• The Great Gatsby (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Heart of the Yukon (see: Raw Country, The)
• Heir-Loons (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
• Her Father Said No (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Her Indiscretion (see: Chattering Fools)
Hindle Wakes /USA: Fanny Hawthorne (UK - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Hollywood Reporter (see: Reporter, The)
• Home Struck (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Human Tornado (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)

If the Gods Laugh (Fighting Love) (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

• Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Josselyn's Wife (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Kid Brother (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
King of the Pack (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Kosher Kitty Kelly (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

• The Ladybird (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
• The Last Trail (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Legend of the Willow Pattern Plate (UK - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Lightning Reporter (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
A Little Journey (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Love Song (Valencia) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Lunatic at Large (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

Madame Doesn't Want Children (see: Dancing Mad)
The Masquerade Bandit (see: Tables Turned)
• McFadden's Flats (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Mister Mustard's Millions (600000 francs par mois) (Fr - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Movie Struck (Tom and His Pals) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• The Music Master (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

Nanette (Nanette macht alles) (Ger - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Night of Love (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
• Nobody's Widow (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
No Man's Law (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
No Relations (Sans famille) (Fr - 1925 - bw) (silent)

One Hour of Love (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
• One Increasing Purpose (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

The Popular Sin (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Quarterback (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Raw Country (The Heart of the Yukon) (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Redheads Preferred (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Reporter (The Hollywood Reporter) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Self Defence (Burnt Fingers) (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Set Free (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Show Girl (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
• The Silent Power (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
So's Your Old Man (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Souls Aflame (Dagfin) (Ger - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Stolen Pleasures (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Stranded in Paris (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Tables Turned (The Masquerade Bandit) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• Through Thick and Thin (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Tin Hats (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Tom and His Pals (see: Movie Struck)
Tongues of Scandal (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Two-Gun Man (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

• The Understanding Heart (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Unknown Cavalier (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Valencia [1926] (see: Love Song, The)
Valencia (Der Mönch von Santarem) (Ger - 1927 - bw) (silent)

What For? (Son premier film) (Fr - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• Winners of the Wilderness (USA - 1927 - bw and col) (silent)
The Winning Wallop (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Wolfblood (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Wolf's Clothing (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Wolves of the Air (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Worldly Power (The Blasphemer) (USA - 1921 - bw) (silent)
The Wrong Mr. Wright (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

You'd Be Surprised (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles in this entry were first trade-shown in London in Feb 1927, as per Kine Weekly (1889-1971) and The Bioscope (1908-1932). Some films may have been screened earlier in other cities. Nationwide release dates may differ.

Updated 3 Dec 2023.


January 1927 (Faust)

The Adorable Deceiver (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
All Around Frying Pan (see: Out of the Frying Pan)
Almost a Lady (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Altars of Desire (USA - 1927 - bw and col) (silent)

Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Better Man (see: Not So Mad)
Beyond the Rockies (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• The Block Signal (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Broadway Gallant (see: Gallant Spark, The)

Calf Love (Tessie) (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
The Cheerful Fraud (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Cinderella (Der verlorene Schuh) (Ger - 1923 - bw) (silent)
The Campus Flirt (see: College Flirt, The)
The College Flirt (The Campus Flirt) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Courage (USA - 1924 - bw) (silent)

Dancing Days (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Dare-Do-Well (A Gentleman Roughneck) (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
The Desert's Toll (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Desert Valley (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Doubling With Danger (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Down the Stretch (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
The Dream Wife (Shameful Behavior?) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Exit Smiling (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Eyes of the Totem (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)

Fangs of Justice (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Faust (Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage) (Ger - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Fine Manners (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Fire Fighters (serial) (USA - 1927 - 10 chapters - bw) (silent)
• Flames (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Flaming Forest (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• The Folly of Youth (Die Zwei und die Dame) (Ger - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Forest Havoc (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Gallant Spark (The Broadway Gallant) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The General (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
A Gentleman Roughneck (see: Dare-Do-Well, The)
Going the Limit (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Golden Web (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Heirs and Graces (L'ultimo lord) (It - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• Held by the Law (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Her Honor, the Governor (see: Second Mrs. Fenway, The)
His Lady (When a Man Loves) (USA - 1927 - bw) (music / sound fx)
Hotel Imperial (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
• The House of Marney (UK - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Hurricane Hal (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)

The Isle of Dreams (Die Insel der Träume) (Ger - 1925 - bw) (silent)

Jewels of Desire (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Jim the Cracksman (Jim la houlette, roi des voleurs) (Fr - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Last Frontier (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Legend of the Bear's Wedding (see: Marriage of the Bear, The)
Lightning Bill (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
London (UK - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Man Bait (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
• A Man of Nerve (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Man Proposes (Speed Madness) (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
The Marriage of the Bear (Медвежья свадьба) /USA: The Legend of the Bear's Wedding (USSR - 1925 - bw) (silent)
The Mask of Comedy (Upstage) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Master of the House (Du skal ære din hustru) (Den - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Millionaires (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Mismates (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Nervous Wreck (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• The Night Owl (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Not So Mad (The Better Man) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Officer '444' (serial) (USA - 1926 - 10 chapters - bw) (silent)
Oh, What a Night! (see: Third Act, The)
A One Man Game (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
One Minute to Play (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• Outcasts (Die Verrufenen) /USA: Slums of Berlin (Ger - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Out of the Dust (USA - 1919 - bw) (silent)
Out of the Frying Pan (All Around Frying Pan) (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)

Pirates of the Sky (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Prince of Tempters (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

Quick Change (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)

The Reckless Sex (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Remember (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Ridin' Streak (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Ridin' the Wind (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)

Scotty of the Scouts (serial) (USA - 1926 - 10 chapters - bw) (silent)
The Second Mrs. Fenway (Her Honor, the Governor) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Sensation Seekers (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Shameful Behavior? (see: Dream Wife, The)
Should a Man Tell? (Die Welt will belogen sein) (Ger - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Silent Flyer (serial) (USA - 1926 - 10 chapters - bw) (silent)
• The Silent Lover (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Silent Rider (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Sin Cargo (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
• Slums of Berlin (see: Outcasts)
The Smoke Eaters (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Speed Cop (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Speed Madness (see: Man Proposes)
Spuds (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
Strolling Players (Komödianten) (Ger - 1925 - bw) (silent)
Summer Bachelors (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Sweet Adeline (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)

The Temptress (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Tessie (see: Calf Love)
There You Are! (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Third Act (Oh, What a Night!) (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
The Third Degree (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Thou Shalt Not (Ger - bw) (silent) [unidentified]
The Train Wreckers (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)

• Unknown Dangers (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
Upstage (see: Mask of Comedy, The)

War Paint (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
We're in the Navy Now (USA - 1926 - bw) (silent)
A Western Adventurer (USA - 1921 - bw) (silent)
The Western Whirlwind (USA - 1927 - bw) (silent)
When a Man Loves (see: His Lady)

You're Fired (USA - 1925 - bw) (silent)

Primary sources:
Unless otherwise indicated, titles in this entry were first trade-shown in London in Jan 1927, as per Kine Weekly (1889-1971) and The Bioscope (1908-1932). Some films may have been screened earlier in other cities. Nationwide release dates may differ.

Updated 3 Dec 2023.


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