The Missing Link (1927 film)
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| Directed by | Charles Reisner |
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| Music by | Erno Rapee |
| Cinematography | Devereaux Jennings |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Release dates
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May 6, 1927 |
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Running time
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70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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| 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
- Syd Chaplin as Arthur Wells
- Ruth Hiatt as Beatrice Braden
- Tom McGuire as Colonel Braden
- Crauford Kent as Lord Melville Dryden
- Nick Cogley as Captain
- Sam Baker as The Missing Link
- Otto Fries
- Kewpie Morgan as Baggage Master
Box Office
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $425,000 domestically and $163,000 foreign.[1]
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Missing Link at IMDb
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stein 2010, p. 151.
- ↑ Stein 2010, p. 150.
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