Hills of Kentucky

Hills of Kentucky
Directed by	Howard Bretherton
Screenplay by	Edward Clark
Story by	Dorothy Yost
Starring	Rin Tin Tin Jason Robards, Sr. Dorothy Dwan
Cinematography	Frank Kesson
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	February 19, 1927 (1927-2-19)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent (English intertitles) Vitaphone (sound effects and music score)
Budget	$99,000 [1]
Box office	$335,000 [1]

Hills of Kentucky is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Edward Clark. The film stars Rin Tin Tin, Jason Robards, Sr. and Dorothy Dwan. The silent film was released by Warner Bros. on February 19, 1927, with a synchronized musical score (with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process). ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cast

• Rin Tin Tin as The Grey Ghost
• Jason Robards, Sr. as Steve Harley
• Dorothy Dwan as Janet
• Tom Santschi as Ben Harley
• Billy Kent Schaefer as Crippled boy
• Nanette as herself ^[5]

Production

Hills of Kentucky was filmed partially on location at Kern River. ^[6]

Box office

According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $239,000 domestically and $96,000 foreign. ^[1]

Preservation status

Prints are held, incomplete and abridged, at George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection and UCLA Film and Television Archive. ^[7] A 16mm copy is housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research. ^[8]

See also

• List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features

References

1. Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 5 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
2. "Hills of Kentucky (1927) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
3. Hall, Mordaunt (March 2, 1927). "Movie Review - Hills of Kentucky - THE SCREEN; A Dog's Day". The New York Times . Retrieved September 6, 2015.
4. "Hills of Kentucky". Afi.com. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
5. "Hills of Kentucky (1927)". TCM. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
6. Exhibitors Daily Review. New York: Exhibitors Daily Review. January 7, 1927. p. 4.
7. "The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Hills of Kentucky". July 21, 2018. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
8. Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Feature Film Database:Hills of Kentucky Archived July 21, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 21, 2018

External links

• Hills of Kentucky at IMDb