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The Fortune Hunter (1927 film)

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The Fortune Hunter
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Directed byCharles Reisner
Sandy Roth(ass't director)
Written byBryan Foy
Robert Dillon
Based onplay The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith c.1909
Produced byWarner Brothers
StarringSyd Chaplin
CinematographyEdwin B. DuPar
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • November 7, 1927 (1927-11-07)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUSA
LanguagesSound (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]

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Box Office

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

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References

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  1. ^ 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 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
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