This is a list of American films released in 1927 , All films on this list are in the Public Domain since 2023.
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- 1927 Academy Award nominees
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- I
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- See also
- References
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This is a list of American films released in 1927 , All films on this list are in the Public Domain since 2023.
The 1st Academy Awards were presented in Los Angeles on May 16, 1929 at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The ceremonies were hosted by Douglas Fairbanks. 1927 films released between July 1 and December 31 were eligible for the initial awards.
Wings , released in August 1927, won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans , released in September 1927, won in the other Best Picture category (presented only once) — Unique and Artistic Production. There were two other nominees for Best Picture — 7th Heaven , initially released in May 1927, before the eligibility period, but subsequently re-released in September — and 1928's The Racket . The other two nominees for Unique and Artistic Production were: Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (released in April 1927, also before the eligibility period, but still in general distribution after July 1) and 1928's The Crowd .
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Side, West Side | Allan Dwan | George O'Brien, Virginia Valli | Drama | Fox Film |
| Easy Pickings | George Archainbaud | Anna Q. Nilsson, Kenneth Harlan, Philo McCullough | Mystery | First National |
| The Enchanted Island | William G. Crosby | Henry B. Walthall, Charlotte Stevens | Drama | Tiffany |
| Enemies of Society | Ralph Ince | Conway Tearle, Margaret Morris | Silent | FBO |
| The Enemy | Fred Niblo | Lillian Gish, Ralph Forbes | Drama | MGM |
| Evening Clothes | Luther Reed | Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Valli, Louise Brooks | Comedy | Paramount |
| Eyes of the Totem | W. S. Van Dyke | Wanda Hawley, Tom Santschi, Anne Cornwall | Drama | Pathé Exchange |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If I Were Single | Roy Del Ruth | May McAvoy, Conrad Nagel, Myrna Loy | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| In a Moment of Temptation | Philip Carle | Charlotte Stevens, Grant Withers | Drama | FBO |
| In Old Kentucky | John M. Stahl | Helene Costello, James Murray | Drama | MGM |
| In the First Degree | Phil Rosen | Alice Calhoun, Bryant Washburn | [10] | |
| The Interferin' Gent | Richard Thorpe | Jay Wilsey, Olive Hasbrouck | Western | Pathé Exchange |
| Irish Hearts | Byron Haskin | May McAvoy, Jason Robards Sr., Warner Richmond | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Irresistible Lover | William Beaudine | Norman Kerry, Lois Moran, Gertrude Astor | Comedy | Universal |
| Is Zat So? | Alfred E. Green | George O'Brien, Edmund Lowe, Katherine Perry | Comedy | Fox Film [11] |
| The Isle of Forgotten Women | George B. Seitz | Conway Tearle, Dorothy Sebastian | Drama | Columbia |
| It | Clarence G. Badger | Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, Priscilla Bonner | Romantic comedy | Paramount |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake the Plumber | Edward Ludwig | Jesse De Vorska, Sharon Lynn | Comedy | FBO |
| Jaws of Steel | Ray Enright | Rin Tin Tin, Jason Robards Sr., Helen Ferguson | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| The Jazz Singer | Alan Crosland | Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland | Drama | Warner Bros. First feature length "talkie"; 1 Academy Award nomination and 1 Honorary Award |
| Jesse James | Lloyd Ingraham | Fred Thomson, Nora Lane, Montagu Love | Western | Paramount |
| Jewels of Desire | Paul Powell | Priscilla Dean, John Bowers | Romance | PDC |
| Johnny Get Your Hair Cut | B. Reeves Eason | Harry Carey, Jackie Coogan | Comedy | MGM |
| The Joy Girl | Allan Dwan | Olive Borden, Neil Hamilton, Marie Dressler | Comedy | Fox Film |
| Judgment of the Hills | James Leo Meehan | Virginia Valli, Frankie Darro | Drama | FBO |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Kid Brother | Lewis Milestone, J. A. Howe, Ted Wilde | Harold Lloyd | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Kid Sister | Ralph Graves | Marguerite De La Motte, Malcolm McGregor | Drama | Columbia |
| The King of Kings | Cecil B. DeMille | H. B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Joseph Schildkraut | Biblical drama | PDC |
| A Kiss in a Taxi | Clarence G. Badger | Bebe Daniels, Chester Conklin | Comedy | Paramount |
| Knockout Reilly | Malcolm St. Clair | Richard Dix, Mary Brian | Drama | Paramount |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Street | Sidney Franklin | Marion Davies, Conrad Nagel | Romance | MGM |
| Quarantined Rivals | Archie Mayo | Robert Agnew, Kathleen Collins, John Miljan | Romantic comedy | Independent |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harry A. Pollard | Margarita Fischer, Arthur Edmund Carewe, George Siegmann | Drama | Universal |
| The Understanding Heart | Jack Conway | Joan Crawford, Rockliffe Fellowes, Carmel Myers | Drama | MGM |
| Underworld | Josef von Sternberg | George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook | Crime | Paramount. 1 Academy Award nomination |
| Uneasy Payments | David Kirkland | Alberta Vaughn, Gino Corrado, Betty Francisco | Comedy | FBO |
| The Unknown | Tod Browning | Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford | Horror | MGM |
| Upstream | John Ford | Nancy Nash, Earle Foxe | Comedy | Fox Film |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanity | Donald Crisp | Leatrice Joy, Alan Hale | Drama | PDC |
| The Valley of Hell | Clifford Smith | Francis McDonald, Edna Murphy | Western | MGM |
| The Valley of the Giants | Charles Brabin | Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon | Adventure | First National |
| Venus of Venice | Marshall Neilan | Constance Talmadge, Antonio Moreno, Hedda Hopper | Comedy | First National |
| Very Confidential | James Tinling | Madge Bellamy, Mary Duncan | Comedy | Fox Film |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Yankee Clipper | Rupert Julian | William Boyd, Elinor Fair, Junior Coghlan, John Miljan | Adventure | PDC |
| Your Wife and Mine | Frank O'Connor | Phyllis Haver, Stuart Holmes | Comedy | Independent |
| Yours to Command | David Kirkland | George O'Hara, Shirley Palmer | Comedy | FBO |
| Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Honorable Mr. Buggs | Fred Jackman | Matt Moore, Anna May Wong, Oliver Hardy | Comedy | |
| Peaceful Oscar | Fatty Arbuckle | Lloyd Hamilton | Comedy | |
| Why Girls Love Sailors | Fred Guiol | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy | Comedy | |
| Yale vs. Harvard | Robert F. McGowan | Our Gang kids | Comedy short | Our Gang 2-reeler |
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