The Gorilla (1927 film)

The Gorilla
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Directed by	Alfred Santell
Produced by	Alfred Santell Edward Small
Starring	Charlie Murray Fred Kelsey Alice Day Tully Marshall Walter Pidgeon
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson
Production companies	Ascher, Small & Rogers^[1]
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	November 13, 1927 (1927-11-13)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

The Gorilla is a 1927 American silent horror film directed by Alfred Santell based on the play The Gorilla by Ralph Spence. The film stars Charles Murray, Fred Kelsey and Walter Pidgeon.

The plot of the film revolves around a series of murders committed by a man in an ape suit. The film was remade with sound in 1930 (The Gorilla) and 1939 (The Gorilla).^[2]^[3]

It was an early production of Edward Small.^[4]

Cast

Charles Murray - Garrity
Fred Kelsey - Mulligan
Walter Pidgeon - Stevens
Brooks Benedict - Reporter
Syd Crossley - Butler
Alice Day - Alice Townsend
Claude Gillingwater - Cyrus Townsend
Gaston Glass - Marsden
John Gough - Sailor
Aggie Herring - Cook
Tully Marshall- William Townsend

References

^ Loew's Inaugruate Change Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 05 Nov 1926: A11.
^ The Gorilla at silentera.com database)
^ "AUSTRAL THEATRE". Recorder (Port Pirie, SA : 1919 - 1954). Port Pirie, SA: National Library of Australia. 21 June 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
^ Small 'Picks the Winners': Discoverer of Many Favorites Plans "Quickies" With Unknown Casts to Unearth New Talent Miller, Barbara. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 05 Dec 1926: C18.

External links

The Gorilla at IMDb
The Gorilla at AllMovie

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