1927 in film

Overview of the events of 1927 in film
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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
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

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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

  • 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
    • Mario Lanfranchi, Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor (died 2022)
    • Pat McCormick, American actor and writer (died 2005)
  • 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
    • Richard Johnson, British actor, writer and producer (died 2015)
    • Joan Vohs, American model, actress (died 2001)
  • 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
    • Rosemary Harris, English actress
    • William Hickey, American actor (died 1997)
  • 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

References

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  8. ^ "Timeline of Greatest Film Milestones and Turning Points in Film History".
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  10. ^ "The Three Tramps (1927)". imdb.com.
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  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.

External links

  • List of 1927 films at IMDb
  • List of 1927 deaths at IMDb
  • List of 1927 births at IMDb