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Overview of the events of 1927 in film
Events January 10 - Fritz Lang 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis April 12 - The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx marries Marion Benda .May 11 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded in Los Angeles, California by Douglas Fairbanks . The 1st Academy Awards (Oscars) went on to films, which are released in 1927 or 1928 .August 12 - Paramount's dramatic film Wings 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 23 - FOX Films acquires the rights to the Tri-Ergon 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 Al Jolson ), premieres at the Warner Theater in New York City . Although not the first 'talkie' , The Jazz Singer becomes the first box-office hit and popularizes sound motion pictures. It was the highest-grossing movie of all-time.Italian Alberto Rabagliati wins a Rudolph Valentino look-alike contest and moves to Hollywood to start his acting career. Top grossing films Wings The Jazz Singer The King of Kings Seventh Heaven The Patent Leather Kid Jesse James(1927 film) My Best Girl Love Metropolis Academy Awards Films released in 1927 Berlin: Symphony of a Great City The Cat and the Canary The Chinese Parrot College Buster Keaton The General Buster Keaton The Honorable Mr. Buggs Hula Clara Bow Huntingtower George Pearson (John Buchan novel)It Clara Bow and Antonio Moreno The Jazz Singer Al Jolson and May McAvoy The Kid Brother Harold Lloyd The Lodger London After Midnight Lon Chaney, Sr. , Conrad Nagel and Marceline Day , directed by Tod Browning Metropolis Fritz Lang Napoléon Abel Gance October: Ten Days That Shook the World The Private Life of Helen of Troy The Scar of Shame race movie starring Harry Henderson and Lucia Lynn Moses Seventh Heaven Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg Ramón Novarro and Norma Shearer , directed by Ernst Lubitsch Sunrise George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor , directed by F.W. Murnau Underworld The Unknown The Way of All Flesh Why Girls Love Sailors Wings Clara Bow , Charles 'Buddy' Rogers , Richard Arlen and Jobyna Ralston Short film series Animated short film series Births January 17 - Eartha Kitt , actress, singerFebruary 7 - Juliette Greco singer, actressFebruary 20 - Sidney Poitier , actorMarch 1 - Harry Belafonte actor, singerMarch 20 - Cairbre (also known as Leo), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 's lion mascot, born in Dublin Zoo April 13 - Maurice Ronet actor, director, writerMay 13 - Herbert Ross , director (d. 2001 )June 23 - Bob Fosse , director (d. 1987 )July 4 - Gina Lollobrigida , actressJuly 6 - Janet Leigh , actress (d. 2004 )September 16 - Peter Falk , actorOctober 14 - Roger Moore , actorOctober 18 - George C. Scott , film and stage actor (d. 1999 )October 31 - Lee Grant , actressNovember 14 - McLean Stevenson , American actor (d. February 15, 1996)Film Debuts January 13 - Arnold Daly , stage & film actorMarch 17 - Charles Emmett Mack , actor age 26April 25 - Earle Williams , American silent screen actorMay 7 - Bruce McRae , stage & screen actorJune 3 - Einar Hanson , Swedish actorJune 4 - Robert McKim , actor (the villain in Fairbanks' "Mark of Zorro")September 5 - Marcus Loew , theater chain executive & founder of Loews TheatersOctober 5 - Sam Warner , co-founder of Warner Brothers studiosOctober 13 - Hughie Mack , rotund American silent film actorNovember 4 - Valli Valli , stage & film actressDecember 15 - Romaine Fielding , silent film actor and director
