The Fortune Hunter | |
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Directed by | Charles Reisner Sandy Roth(ass't director) |
Written by | Bryan Foy Robert Dillon |
Based on | play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith c.1909 |
Produced by | Warner Brothers |
Starring | Syd Chaplin |
Cinematography | Edwin B. DuPar |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 7 reels |
Country | USA |
Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Budget | $197,000 [1] |
Box office | $334,000 [1] |
The Fortune Hunter is a lost [2] 1927 synchronized sound film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin. It is based on the 1909 Broadway play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith. [3] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film was produced by Warner Brothers. [4]
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $215,000 domestically and $119,000 foreign. [1]