The Missing Link is a 1927 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin, Ruth Hiatt and Tom McGuire.[2] 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 title of the film is a reference to the so-called "missing link" that connects man and the ape.
| The Missing Link | |
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| Directed by | Charles Reisner |
| Written by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Devereaux Jennings |
| Music by | Erno Rapee |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
| Budget | $313,000 [1] |
| Box office | $608,000[1] |
Reception
editThe film was a major production by Warner Brothers, with a budget of $313,000. It earned $608,000, more than any other silent film released by the studio that season.[2]
The New York Times critic Mordaunt Hall praised the film, observing "there are sequences in this comic contraption that are almost ceirtain to appeal to anybody".[3]
Main cast
edit- Syd Chaplin as Arthur Wells
- Ruth Hiatt as Beatrice Braden
- Tom McGuire as Colonel Braden
- Crauford Kent as Lord Melville Dryden
- Nick Cogley as Captain
- Sam Baker as The Missing Link
- Otto Fries
- Kewpie Morgan as Baggage Master
Box Office
editAccording to Warner Bros records the film earned $425,000 domestically and $163,000 foreign.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c 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
- ^ a b Stein 2010, p. 151.
- ^ Stein 2010, p. 150.
Bibliography
edit- Stein, Lisa K. (November 30, 2010). Syd Chaplin: A Biography. McFarland Publishing. p. 279. ISBN 9780786462261.
External links
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