Editing 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:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1927
|-
! Rank !! Title !!  Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''
|''[[The King of Kings (1927 film)|The King of Kings]]''
| [[Pathé Exchange]]
| $2,641,687<ref>{{cite book|last=Birchard|first=Robert S.|date=2004|title=Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813123240}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''2'''
|''[[The Jazz Singer]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $1,974,000<ref name="wb">{{cite journal|first=H Mark |last=Glancy |title=Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger  |journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television |volume=15 |year=1995}}</ref>
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| '''3'''
|''[[7th Heaven (1927 film)|7th Heaven]]''
| [[Fox Film Corporation|Fox Film]]
| $1,750,000<ref name=Argus1944>{{cite news |author=Jones, Lon|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11816878 |title=Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?. |newspaper= [[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=March 4, 1944 |access-date=August 6, 2012 |page=3 Supplement: ''The Argus Weekend'' magazine |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''4'''
|''[[The Gaucho]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $1,400,000<ref>{{cite book| last = Balio| first = Tino| author-link =| title = United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars| date = 2009| publisher = [[University of Wisconsin Press]]| location = [[Madison, Wisconsin]]| page=93| ISBN=978-0-2992-3014-2 }}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''5'''
|''[[The Patent Leather Kid]]''<br>''[[Jesse James (1927 film)|Jesse James]]''
| [[First National Pictures|First National]]<br>[[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $1,200,000<ref name=Argus1944/><ref name="AmericanWestBook"> Karen R. Jones, ''American West: Competing Visions'', Edinburgh University Press, 2009, pp. 250-251</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
|''[[Wings (1927 film)|Wings]]''
| Paramount
| $1,100,000<ref name=SilentFilms>{{cite book|last=Reid|first=John Howard|year=2008 |title=Silent Films & Early Talkies on DVD: A Classic Movie Fan's Guide|isbn=978-1-4357-1073-3|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=lj7u9SQmM7sC&dq=wings+%22rentals%22+1927&pg=PA303 303]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
|''[[My Best Girl]]''
| United Artists
| $1,027,757<ref name=PickfordBook>{{cite book|first=Scott|last=Eyman|title= Mary Pickford, America's Sweetheart|date=1990|isbn=1-55611-147-9|quote= The film had the solid success it deserved; in its premiere New York engagement, at the Rialto,''My Best Girl'' grossed $81,000 in its three week run, recouping a sixth of its production cost of $483,103 at just one theater. Its total domestic gross amounted to $1,027,757.}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''8'''
|''[[Love (1927 American film)|Love]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]
| $946,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation|title=The Eddie Mannix Ledger|publisher=Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study|place=Los Angeles, California}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''9'''
|''[[The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg]]''
| $894,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''10'''
|''[[Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans]]''
| Fox Film
| $818,000<ref name=SpeedOfSoundBook>{{cite book|first=Scott|last=Eyman|title= The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930|date=1997|isbn=0-684-81162-6|quote=''Sunrise'' ended up amassing domestic rentals of $818,000.}}</ref>
|}

==Events==
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.moviefone.com/2011/01/10/1927-movies/|title=Time After Time: Movies from 1927|access-date=2013-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905170101/http://news.moviefone.com/2011/01/10/1927-movies/|archive-date=2014-09-05|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Timeline of Greatest Film Milestones and Turning Points in Film History|url=http://www.filmsite.org/1927-filmhistory.html}}</ref> 
*January 10 – [[Fritz Lang]]'s science-fiction fantasy ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' premieres in Germany. The film receives its American premiere in New York City on March 6.
*March 11 – World's largest movie theatre, the [[Roxy Theatre (New York City)|Roxy Theatre]], opens in New York City.
*April 7 – [[Abel Gance]]'s ''[[Napoléon (1927 film)|Napoleon]]'' often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premieres (in a shortened version) at the Paris Opéra and demonstrates techniques and equipment that will not be revived for years to come, such as hand-held cameras, and what is often considered the first widescreen projection format [[Polyvision]].
*May 11 – The [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] is founded in [[Los Angeles]] by [[Douglas Fairbanks]]. The [[1st Academy Awards]] (Oscars) will be awarded to films which are released in 1927 or 1928.
*August 12 – Paramount's dramatic film ''[[Wings (1927 film)|Wings]]'', which will go on to win the first [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], opens at the Criterion Theater in New York City, with an unheard-of roadshow admission price of $2.00 per ticket.
*September 5 – [[Nicholas Schenck]] becomes president of [[Loews Inc.]] following the death of [[Marcus Loew]].
*September 7 – [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] debuts in ''[[Trolley Troubles]]''.
*September 23 – [[20th Century Fox|Fox Films]] acquires the rights to the [[Tri-Ergon]] [[sound film|sound-on-film]] technology, which had been developed in 1919 by three German inventors, Josef Engl, Hans Vogt, and Joseph Massole.
*October 6 – ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'', starring [[Al Jolson]], premieres at the Warner Theater in New York City. Although not the first [[sound film|'talkie']], ''The Jazz Singer'' becomes the first box-office hit and popularizes sound motion pictures. It is the highest-grossing movie up to this time.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}}
*December 3 – The [[Silent film|silent]] [[Short film|short]] ''[[Putting Pants on Philip]]'', the first official billing of comedy duo [[Laurel and Hardy]], is released in the United States.
* [[Manananggal|Ang Manananggal]], the first Filipino horror film, is released in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758567/|title=Ang Manananggal (1927) |work=imdb.com}}</ref>
* [[Cinematograph Films Act 1927|Cinematograph Films Act]] sets a minimum quota for [[British film]]s to be shown in British cinemas.
* Italian [[Alberto Rabagliati]] wins a [[Rudolph Valentino]] look-alike contest and moves to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] to start his acting career.
* ''The Three Tramps'', the first Filipino comedy film featuring the [[Manuel Silos|Silos brothers]], is released in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2014376/|title=The Three Tramps (1927) |work=imdb.com}}</ref>

==Academy Awards==
*[[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Production]]: '''''Wings'''''
*[[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Artistic Quality]]: '''''Sunrise'''''
*[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: '''[[Emil Jannings]]''' for ''The Way of All Flesh'' and the 1928 movie ''The Last Command''
*[[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]: '''[[Janet Gaynor]]''' for ''Seventh Heaven'' and ''Sunrise'', as well as the 1928 movie ''Street Angel''
*[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]: '''[[Frank Borzage]]''' for ''Seventh Heaven''

==Notable films released in 1927==
For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see [[List of American films of 1927|United States films of 1927]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Most Popular Feature Films Released In 1927| website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/search/title?year=1927,1927&title_type=feature&sort=moviemeter,asc}}</ref>

===#===
*''[[7th Heaven (1927 film)|7th Heaven]]'', directed by [[Frank Borzage]], starring [[Janet Gaynor]] and [[Charles Farrell]]

===A===
*''Ang Manananggal'', directed by [[José Nepomuceno]], starring [[Mary Walter]] – ([[List of Philippine films before 1940|Philippines]])
*''[[Annie Laurie (1927 film)|Annie Laurie]]'', directed by [[John S. Robertson]], starring [[Lillian Gish]] and [[Norman Kerry]]

===B===
*''[[Bed and Sofa]] (Tretya meshchanskaya)'', directed by [[Abram Room]] – ([[Soviet films of 1927|U.S.S.R.]])
*''[[The Beloved Rogue]]'', directed by [[Alan Crosland]], starring [[John Barrymore]], [[Conrad Veidt]] and [[Marceline Day]]
*''Belphégor'', directed by [[Henri Desfontaines]] – ([[List of French films of 1927|France]])
*''[[Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis]] (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt)'', directed by [[Walter Ruttmann]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Bigamy (1927 film)|Bigamy]] (Bigamie)'', directed by [[Jaap Speyer]], starring [[Heinrich George]] – (Germany)
*''[[Blighty (film)|Blighty]]'', directed by [[Adrian Brunel]], starring [[Ellaline Terriss]] and [[Lillian Hall-Davis]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]])
*''[[The Bugle Call]]'' (lost), directed by [[Edward Sedgwick]], starring [[Jackie Coogan]]

===C===
*''[[The Cat and the Canary (1927 film)|The Cat and the Canary]]'', directed by [[Paul Leni]], starring [[Laura La Plante]] and [[Creighton Hale]], based on the 1922 [[The Cat and the Canary (play)|stage play]] by [[John Willard (playwright)|John Willard]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 311. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>
*''[[Chicago (1927 film)|Chicago]]'', directed by [[Frank Urson]], starring [[Phyllis Haver]]
*''[[Children of Divorce (1927 film)|Children of Divorce]]'', directed by [[Frank Lloyd]], starring [[Clara Bow]], [[Esther Ralston]] and [[Gary Cooper]]
*''[[The Chinese Parrot (film)|The Chinese Parrot]]'' (lost), directed by [[Paul Leni]]
*''[[The Club of the Big Deed]] (Soyuz velikogo dela)'', directed by [[Grigori Kozintsev]] and [[Leonid Trauberg]] – ([[Soviet films of 1927|U.S.S.R.]])
*''[[College (1927 film)|College]]'', directed by [[James W. Horne]] and Buster Keaton, starring [[Buster Keaton]]
*''[[Confetti (1927 film)|Confetti]]'', directed by [[Graham Cutts]], starring [[Jack Buchanan]] and [[Annette Benson]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]])

===D===
*''[[The Dove (1927 film)|The Dove]]'', directed by [[Roland West]], starring [[Norma Talmadge]], [[Noah Beery Sr.]] and [[Gilbert Roland]]
*''[[Downhill (1927 film)|Downhill]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Ivor Novello]] and [[Isabel Jeans]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]])
*''[[The Drop Kick]]'', directed by [[Millard Webb]], starring [[Richard Barthelmess]]

===E===
*''[[Easy Pickings]]'', directed by [[George Archainbaud]], starring [[Anna Q. Nilsson]], based on the stage play by Paul A. Kruger and William A. Burton
*''[[Education of a Prince]] (Éducation de Prince)'', directed by [[Henri Diamant-Berger]] – ([[French films of 1927|France]])
*''[[The End of St. Petersburg]] (Konets Sankt-Peterburga)'', directed by [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]] – ([[Soviet films of 1927|U.S.S.R.]])

===F===
*''[[The Fair Co-Ed]]'', directed by [[Sam Wood]]; starring [[Marion Davies]] and [[Johnny Mack Brown]]
*''The Filipino Woman (La Mujer Filipina)'', directed by [[José Nepomuceno]] – ([[List of Philippine films before 1940|Philippines]])
*''[[The First Auto]]'', directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]], starring [[Barney Oldfield]] and [[Patsy Ruth Miller]]
*''[[Flesh and the Devil]]'', directed by [[Clarence Brown]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]], [[Greta Garbo]] and [[Lars Hanson]]
*''[[The Forty-First (1927 film)|The Forty-First]] (Sorok pervyy)'', directed by [[Yakov Protazanov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1927|U.S.S.R.]])

===G===
*''[[The Gaucho]]'', directed by [[F. Richard Jones]], starring [[Douglas Fairbanks]] and [[Lupe Vélez]]
*''[[Ghost Train (1927 film)|Ghost Train]] (Der Geisterzug)'', directed by [[Géza von Bolváry]], starring [[Guy Newall]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]]/[[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Gorilla (1927 film)|The Gorilla]]'', directed by [[Alfred Santell]], starring [[Charles Murray (American actor)|Charles Murray]] and [[Walter Pidgeon]], based on the 1925 [[The Gorilla (play)|stage play]] by [[Ralph Spence (screenwriter)|Ralph Spence]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 313. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref>

===H===
*''[[Her Wild Oat]]'', directed by [[Marshall Neilan]], starring [[Colleen Moore]]
*''[[His First Flame]]'', directed by [[Harry Edwards (director)|Harry Edwards]], starring [[Harry Langdon]]
*''[[His Greatest Bluff]] (Sein größter Bluff)'', directed by [[Henrik Galeen]] and [[Harry Piel]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Honorable Mr. Buggs]]'', directed by [[Fred Jackman]], starring [[Matt Moore (actor)|Matt Moore]], [[Anna May Wong]] and [[Oliver Hardy]]
*''Hot Kisses'', directed by [[José Nepomuceno]] – ([[List of Philippine films before 1940|Philippines]])
*''[[Hula (1927 film)|Hula]]'', directed by [[Victor Fleming]], starring [[Clara Bow]]
*''[[Husband Hunters]]'', directed by [[John G. Adolfi]], starring [[Mae Busch]], [[Jean Arthur]] and [[Mildred Harris]]

===I===
*''[[It (1927 film)|It]]'', directed by [[Clarence G. Badger]], starring [[Clara Bow]] and [[Antonio Moreno]]

===J===
*''[[The Jazz Singer]]'', directed by [[Alan Crosland]], starring [[Al Jolson]], [[May McAvoy]] and [[Warner Oland]]
*''Johann the Coffinmaker'', directed by [[Robert Florey]] 
*''[[Johnny Get Your Hair Cut]]'', directed by [[B. Reeves Eason]] and [[Archie Mayo]], starring [[Jackie Coogan]] and [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]]

===K===
*''[[The Kid Brother]]'', directed by [[Ted Wilde]], starring [[Harold Lloyd]] and [[Jobyna Ralston]]
*''[[The King of Kings (1927 film)|The King of Kings]]'', directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]], starring [[H. B. Warner]], [[Dorothy Cumming]] and [[Joseph Schildkraut]]

===L===
*''[[The Lady in Ermine (1927 film)|The Lady in Ermine]]'' (lost), directed by [[James Flood]], starring [[Corinne Griffith]]
*''[[Laila (1927 film)|Laila]]'', directed by [[Aziza Amir]], starring Aziza Amir and [[Stephan Rosti]] – ([[List of Egyptian films of the 1920s|Egypt]])
*''[[The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Ivor Novello]], based on the [[The Lodger (novel)|novel]] by [[Marie Belloc Lowndes]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]])
*''[[London After Midnight (film)|London After Midnight]]'' (lost), written and directed by [[Tod Browning]], starring [[Lon Chaney]], [[Marceline Day]] and [[Conrad Nagel]]
*''[[Long Pants]]'', directed by [[Frank Capra]], starring [[Harry Langdon]]
*''[[The Love of Jeanne Ney]] (Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney)'', directed by [[G.W. Pabst]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Love of Sunya]]'', directed by [[Albert Parker (director)|Albert Parker]], starring [[Gloria Swanson]]
*''[[The Loves of Carmen (1927 film)|The Loves of Carmen]]'', directed by [[Raoul Walsh]], starring [[Dolores del Río]] and [[Victor McLaglen]]

===M===
*''[[Madame Pompadour (1927 film)|Madame Pompadour]]'', directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], starring [[Dorothy Gish]] and [[Antonio Moreno]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]])
*''[[Man from the Restaurant]] (Chelovek iz restorana)'', directed by [[Yakov Protazanov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1927|U.S.S.R.]])
*''The Manor House of Fear (Le Manoir de la Peur)'', directed by [[Alfred Machin (director)|Alfred Machin]] and [[Henry Wulschleger]], starring [[Romuald Joubé]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 317">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 317. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[List of French films of 1927|France]])
*''[[Mata Hari (1927 film)|Mata Hari]]'', directed by [[Friedrich Feher]], starring [[Magda Sonja]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'', directed by [[Fritz Lang]], starring [[Alfred Abel]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Mockery (1927 film)|Mockery]]'', directed by [[Benjamin Christensen]], starring [[Lon Chaney]] and [[Ricardo Cortez]]
*''[[The Mountain Eagle]]'' (lost), directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Nita Naldi]] – ([[British films of 1928|GB]]/[[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[My Best Girl]]'', directed by [[Sam Taylor (director)|Sam Taylor]], starring [[Mary Pickford]] and [[Charles "Buddy" Rogers]]

===N===
*''[[Napoléon (1927 film)|Napoléon]]'', directed by [[Abel Gance]], starring [[Albert Dieudonné]] – ([[French films of 1927|France]])
*''[[Noidan kirot]] (The Curse of the Witch)'', directed by [[Teuvo Puro]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 317"/> – ([[List of Finnish films of 1917–39|Finland]])

===O===
*''[[The Only Way (1927 film)|The Only Way]]'', directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], starring [[John Martin Harvey]] and [[Madge Stuart]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]])

===P===
*''[[The Patent Leather Kid]]'', directed by [[Alfred Santell]], starring [[Richard Barthelmess]]
*''Prelude'', written and directed by [[Castleton Knight]], based on the short story ''[[The Premature Burial]]'' by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 317"/> – ([[List of British films of 1927|GB]])
*''[[The Private Life of Helen of Troy]]'' (lost), directed by [[Alexander Korda]], starring [[María Corda]], [[Lewis Stone]] and [[Ricardo Cortez]]

===Q===
*''[[Quality Street (1927 film)|Quality Street]]'', directed by [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]], starring [[Marion Davies]] and [[Conrad Nagel]]
*''[[The Queen of Spades (1927 film)|The Queen of Spades]]'', directed by [[Aleksandr Razumny]], based on the 1833 short story ''[[The Queen of Spades (story)|Pikovaya Dama]]'' by [[Alexander Pushkin]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 318. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]])
*''[[Quinneys (1927 film)|Quinneys]]'', directed by [[Maurice Elvey]], starring [[John Longden]] and [[Alma Taylor]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]])

===R===
*''[[The Red Mill (film)|The Red Mill]]'', directed by William Goodrich ([[Roscoe Arbuckle|Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle]]), starring [[Marion Davies]]
*''[[The Ring (1927 film)|The Ring]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Carl Brisson]] and [[Lillian Hall-Davis]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]])
*''[[Robinson Crusoe (1927 film)|Robinson Crusoe]]'', directed by [[M. A. Wetherell]], based on the [[Robinson Crusoe|novel]] by [[Daniel Defoe]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]])
*''[[Romance of the Western Chamber (1927 film)|Romance of the Western Chamber]]'', directed by [[Hou Yao]] – ([[Chinese films of the 1920s|China]])

===S===
*''[[The Scar of Shame]]'', directed by Frank Peregini
*''[[Shooting Stars (1927 film)|Shooting Stars]]'', directed by [[Anthony Asquith]] and [[A.V. Bramble]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]])
*''[[The Show (1927 film)|The Show]]'', directed by [[Tod Browning]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]], [[Renée Adorée]] and [[Lionel Barrymore]], based on the 1910 novel ''The Day of Souls'' by Charles Tenney Jackson
*''[[Singed (1927 film)|Singed]]'', directed by [[John Griffith Wray]], starring [[Blanche Sweet]] and [[Warner Baxter]]
*''[[Slide, Kelly, Slide]]'', directed by [[Edward Sedgwick]], starring [[William Haines]], [[Sally O'Neil]] and [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]]
*''[[Sorrell and Son (1927 film)|Sorrell and Son]]'', directed by [[Herbert Brenon]], starring [[H. B. Warner]] and [[Anna Q. Nilsson]] – ([[British films of 1927|GB]])
*''[[Spring Fever (1927 film)|Spring Fever]]'', directed by [[Edward Sedgwick]], starring [[William Haines]], [[Joan Crawford]] and [[George K. Arthur]]
*''[[The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[Ramón Novarro]] and [[Norma Shearer]]
*''[[Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans]]'', directed by [[F. W. Murnau]], starring [[Janet Gaynor]] and [[George O'Brien (Actor)|George O'Brien]]
*''[[Svengali (1927 film)|Svengali]]'', directed by [[Gennaro Righelli]], starring [[Paul Wegener]], based on the 1894 novel [[Trilby (novel)|Trilby]] by [[George du Maurier]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])

===T===
*''The Three Tramps'', directed by [[Manuel Silos]] – ([[List of Philippine films before 1940|Philippines]])
*''[[Tillie the Toiler (1927 film)|Tillie the Toiler]]'', directed by [[Hobart Henley]], starring [[Marion Davies]]
*''[[Topsy and Eva]]'', directed by [[Del Lord]], starring [[Rosetta Duncan]] and [[Vivian Duncan]]
*''[[Twelve Miles Out]]'', directed by [[Jack Conway (filmmaker)|Jack Conway]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]], [[Ernest Torrence]] and [[Joan Crawford]]

===U===
*''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927 film)|Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'', directed by [[Harry A. Pollard]]
*''[[Underworld (1927 film)|Underworld]]'', directed by [[Josef von Sternberg]], starring [[Clive Brook]], [[Evelyn Brent]] and [[George Bancroft (actor)|George Bancroft]]
*''[[The Unknown (1927 film)|The Unknown]]'', directed by [[Tod Browning]], starring [[Lon Chaney]], [[Norman Kerry]] and [[Joan Crawford]]

===W===
*''[[The Way of All Flesh (1927 film)|The Way of All Flesh]]'' (lost), directed by [[Victor Fleming]], starring [[Emil Jannings]]
*''[[West Point (film)|West Point]]'', directed by [[Edward Sedgwick]], starring [[William Haines]] and [[Joan Crawford]]
*''[[When a Man Loves]]'', directed by [[Alan Crosland]], starring [[John Barrymore]], [[Dolores Costello]] and [[Warner Oland]]
*''[[Why Girls Love Sailors]]'', directed by [[Fred Guiol]], starring [[Stan Laurel]] and [[Oliver Hardy]]
*''[[Wings (1927 film)|Wings]]'', directed by [[William A. Wellman]], starring [[Clara Bow]], [[Charles 'Buddy' Rogers]], [[Richard Arlen]] and [[Gary Cooper]]
*''[[The Wizard (1927 film)|The Wizard]]'' (lost), directed by [[Richard Rosson]], starring [[Edmund Lowe]] and [[Leila Hyams]], based on the 1911 novel ''Balaoo'' by [[Gaston Leroux]]

==Comedy film series==
*''[[Harold Lloyd]]'' (1913–1938)
*''[[Buster Keaton]]'' (1917–1944)
*''[[Our Gang]]'' (1922–1944)
*''[[Harry Langdon]]'' (1924–1936)
*''[[Laurel and Hardy]]'' (1921–1945)

==Animated short film series==
*''[[Felix the Cat]]'' ([[1919 in film|1919]]–[[1962 in film|1962]])
*''[[Aesop's Film Fables]]'' ([[1921 in film|1921]]–[[1933 in film|1933]])
*''[[Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes]]'' ([[1924 in film|1924]]-1927)
*''[[Alice Comedies]]''
** ''Alice the Golf Bug''
** ''Alice Foils the Pirates''
** ''Alice at the Carnival''
** ''Alice at the Rodeo''
** ''Alice the Collegiate''
** ''Alice in the Alps''
** ''Alice's Auto Race''
** ''Alice's Circus Daze''
** ''Alice's Knaughty Knight''
** ''Alice's Three Bad Eggs''
** ''Alice's Picnic''
** ''Alice's Channel Swim''
** ''Alice in the Klondike''
** ''Alice's Medicine Show''
** ''Alice the Whaler''
** ''Alice the Beach Nut''
** ''Alice in the Big League''
*''[[Krazy Kat]]'' ([[1925 in film|1925]]–[[1940 in film|1940]])
*''Un-Natural History'' ([[1925 in film|1925]]-1927)
*''[[Pete the Pup]]'' ([[1926 in film|1926]]-1927)
*''[[Koko the Clown|Inkwell Imps]]'' (1927–[[1929 in film|1929]])
*''[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]''
** ''[[Trolley Troubles]]''
** ''[[Oh Teacher (film)|Oh Teacher]]''
** ''[[The Mechanical Cow]]''
** ''[[Great Guns!]]''
** ''[[All Wet (1927 film)|All Wet]]''
** ''[[The Ocean Hop]]''
** ''The Banker's Daughter''
** ''[[Empty Socks]]''
** ''Rickety Gin''
*''Newslaffs'' (1927–[[1928 in film|1928]])

==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)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/apr/26/guardianobituaries.filmnews|title=Obituary: Hiroshi Teshigahara|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|date=2001-04-26|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-07-20|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/tablog/entries.en/2007/09/hiroshi-teshigahara%e2%80%99s-multimedia-tradition.html|title=Hiroshi Teshigahara's Multimedia Tradition|language=en|access-date=2019-07-20}}</ref>
*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
**[[Ann Gillis]], American actress (died 2018)
**[[Eric Mason]], British actor (died 2010)
**[[H. M. Wynant]], American actor
*February 14 – [[Lois Maxwell]], Canadian actress (died 2007)
*February 15 - [[Harvey Korman]], American actor and comedian (died 2008)
*February 16 – [[June Brown]], English actress (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitmore |first1=Greg |title=June Brown: a life in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/gallery/2022/apr/04/june-brown-a-life-in-pictures |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 April 2022 |date=4 April 2022}}</ref>
*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 child actress (died 2025)
*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 (actor)|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 in film|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 (actor)|Thomas Hill]], Indian-born American character actor (died 2009)
*June 8 – [[Jerry Stiller]], American actor and comedian (died 2020)
*June 9 – [[Waltraut Haas]], Austrian actress and singer (died 2025)
*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 actress
*June 27 – [[Geoffrey Palmer (actor)|Geoffrey Palmer]], British actor (died 2020)
*June 30
**[[Mario Lanfranchi]], Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor (died 2022)
**[[Pat McCormick (actor)|Pat McCormick]], American actor and writer (died 2005)
*July 2 - [[Brock Peters]], American actor and singer (died 2005)
*July 3 - [[Tim O'Connor (actor)|Tim O'Connor]], American character actor (died 2018)
*July 4
**[[Gina Lollobrigida]], Italian actress (died 2023)
**[[Neil Simon]], American playwright and screenwriter (died 2018)
*July 5 – [[Beverly Tyler]], American actress, singer (died [[2005 in film|2005]])
*July 6 – [[Janet Leigh]], American actress (died 2004)
*July 9
**[[Ed Ames]], American singer and actor (died 2023)
**[[Susan Cabot]], American actress (died [[1986 in film|1986]])
*July 15
**[[Nan Martin]], American actress (died 2010)
**[[Joe Turkel]], American character actor (died 2022)
*July 27 - [[Henry O]], Chinese-American actor
*July 30
**[[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]], British actor, writer and producer (died 2015)
**[[Joan Vohs]], American model, actress (died [[2001 in film|2001]])
*August 9 – [[Robert Shaw (British actor)|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 20 - [[Yootha Joyce]], English actress (died 1980)
**August 21 – [[Tony Steedman]], English character actor (died 2001)
**[[Barry Foster (actor)]], British actor (died 2002)
*August 30 – [[Bill Daily]], American actor (died 2018)
*September 9 – [[Penelope Houston (film critic)|Penelope Houston]], English critic (died 2015)
*September 12
**[[Freddie Jones]], English actor (died 2019)
**[[Franco Latini]], Italian actor and voice actor (died 1991)
*September 13 - [[Beverly Polcyn]], American actress (died 2018)
*September 16 – [[Peter Falk]], American actor (died 2011)
*September 19 
**[[Rosemary Harris]], English actress
**[[William Hickey (actor)|William Hickey]], American actor (died 1997)
*September 20 - [[Rachel Roberts (actress)|Rachel Roberts]], Welsh actress (died 1980)
*September 21 - [[Joan Hotchkis]], American actress and writer (died 2022)
*September 24 – [[Arthur Malet]], English actor (died 2013)
*September 26 - [[Patrick O'Neal (actor)|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]], British actress (died 2024)
*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
**[[Fenella Fielding]], English actress (died 2018)
**[[Lynn Stalmaster]], American casting director (died 2021)
*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 13 - [[Genevieve Page]], French actress (died 2025)
*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 (actor)|Robert McKim]], American actor (born 1877)
*July 26 – [[June Mathis]], American screenwriter (born 1887)
*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==
{{column list|
*[[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]] – ''[[The Main Event (1927 film)|The Main Event]]''
*[[Matilde Artero]] – ''La ilustre fregona''
*[[Vasilis Avlonitis]] – ''Maria Pentagiotissa''
*[[Hermione Baddeley]] – ''[[A Daughter in Revolt]]''
*[[Joan Barclay]] – ''[[The Gaucho]]''
*[[Louise Beavers]] – ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927 film)|Uncle Tom's Cabin]]''
*[[Johnny Mack Brown]] – ''[[The Bugle Call]]''
*[[Walter Byron (actor)|Walter Byron]] – ''White Heat''
*[[Nancy Carroll]] – ''[[Ladies Must Dress]]'' 
*[[Claudette Colbert]] – ''[[For the Love of Mike (1927 film)|For the Love of Mike]]''
*[[June Collyer]] – ''[[Broadway Nights]]''
*[[William Demarest]] – ''[[Finger Prints (film)|Finger Prints]]''
*[[Ruth Donnelly]] – ''[[Rubber Heels]]''
*[[Reginald Gardiner]] – ''[[The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog]]''
*[[Eve Gray]] – ''The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog''
*[[Virginia Grey]] – ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''
*[[Brigitte Helm]] – ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]''
*[[Renée Houston]] – ''[[Blighty (film)|Blighty]]''
*[[Harold Huth]] – ''[[One of the Best (film)|One of the Best]]''
*[[Elsa Lanchester]] – ''One of the Best''
*[[Nora Lane]] – ''[[Don Mike]]''
*[[Milly Mathis]] – ''[[The Love of Jeanne Ney]]''
*[[Joel McCrea]] – ''[[The Fair Co-Ed]]''
*[[Dickie Moore (actor)|Dickie Moore]] – ''[[The Beloved Rogue]]''
*[[Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel]] – ''[[Sister Veronika]]''
*[[Fritz Odemar]] – ''[[The Merry Vineyard (1927 film)|The Merry Vineyard]]''
*[[Helen Parrish]] – ''[[Babe Comes Home]]'' 
*[[Wally Patch]] – ''Blighty''
*[[Mickey Rooney]] – ''[[Orchids and Ermine]]''
*[[Angelo Rossitto]] – ''The Beloved Rogue''
*[[Ann Sothern]] – ''Broadway Nights''
*[[Barbara Stanwyck]] – ''Broadway Nights''
*[[George E. Stone]] – ''[[7th Heaven (1927 film)|Seventh Heaven]]''
*[[Dorothy Tree]] – ''[[It (1927 film)|It]]''
*[[Frederick Valk]] – ''[[Out of the Mist (film)|Out of the Mist]]''
*[[Lupe Vélez]] – ''The Gaucho''
}}

==See also==
*[[List of American films of 1927]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1927-01-01,1927-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1927 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1927-01-01,1927-12-31&adult=include List of 1927 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1927-01-01,1927-12-31&adult=include List of 1927 births] at [[IMDb]]

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