The Missing Link (1927 film)

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The Missing Link
File:The Missing Link (1927 film).jpg
Swedish release poster
Directed by Charles Reisner
Written by
Starring
Music by Erno Rapee
Cinematography Devereaux Jennings
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release dates
 May 6, 1927
Running time
 70 minutes
Country United States
Language
Budget $313,000 [1]
Box office $608,000[1]

The Missing Link is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin, Ruth Hiatt and Tom McGuire.[2] The title is a reference to the so-called "missing link" that connects man and the ape.

Reception

The film was a major production by Warner Brothers, with a budget of $313,000. It earned $608,000, more than any other silent film released by the studio that season.[2]

The New York Times critic Mordaunt Hall praised the film, observing "there are sequences in this comic contraption that are almost ceirtain to appeal to anybody".[3]

Main cast

Box Office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $425,000 domestically and $163,000 foreign.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 5 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stein 2010, p. 151.
  3. ↑ Stein 2010, p. 150.

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