The Fortune Hunter (1927 film)

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.
Release date	November 7, 1927 (1927-11-07)
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]

Cast

• Sydney Chaplin as Nat Duncan
• Helene Costello as Josie Lockwood
• Clara Horton as Betty Graham
• Duke Martin as Handsome Harry West
• Thomas Jefferson as Sam Graham
• Erville Alderson as Blinky Lockwood
• Paul Kruger as Roland
• Nora Cecil as Betty Carpenter
• Louise Carver as Drygoods store owner
• Bob Perry as Sheriff
• Babe London as Waitress

Box Office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $215,000 domestically and $119,000 foreign.^[1]

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
• 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 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
2. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Fortune Hunter
3. The Fortune Hunter produced on Broadway Sept. 4, 1909
4. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Fortune Hunter

External links

• The Fortune Hunter at IMDb.com