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Warner Bros: 1926-1956

by dusky-1 • Created 11 years ago • Modified 11 years ago
A list of Warner Bros. pictures from 1926 (debut of Don Juan, their first semi-sound film) to 1956 (the year Jack L. Warner infamously betrayed his brother out of the business). Not included are shorts, pre-1929 First National pictures or pictures which were distributed but not produced by the Warners.
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  • Mary Astor and John Barrymore in Don Juan (1926)

    1. Don Juan

    19261h 50mPassed
    7.0 (1K)
    In 16th-century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias.
    DirectorAlan CroslandStarsJohn BarrymoreMary AstorJane Winton
    First film to use synchronized sound. Remade as 1948's the Adventures of Don Juan.
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Patsy Ruth Miller in Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926)

    2. Broken Hearts of Hollywood

    19261h 20mPassed
    6.7 (21)
    Virginia Perry, a former movie star, leaves her family and returns to Hollywood to make a comeback, but age has taken its toll and she is cast in small character roles. Meanwhile, her daughter, Betty Ann, has won a beauty contest, and heads for Hollywood. They end up in the same, film, with Mom playing her Mom. Marshall tries to take advantage of the naive Betty. Somebody gets shot. Somebody is put on trial.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsPatsy Ruth MillerLouise DresserDouglas Fairbanks Jr.
  • Myrna Loy, Louise Fazenda, Vera Gordon, and George Sidney in Millionaires (1926)

    3. Millionaires

    19261h 10mPassed
    Meyer Rubens and his wife Esther own a pressing-shop in New York's Lower East Side. Esther wants to move up to the upper West Side, and her rich sister Reba persuades Meyer to invest in the worthless oil stock sold by her husband. The stock proves to be not worthless and Meyer and Esther become overnight millionaires. But Reba thinks that Meyer, who has no taste for high society, is holding her sister back socially, so she devises some schemes that involve catching Meyer in compromising situations with other women so her sister can file for divorce.
    DirectorHerman C. RaymakerStarsGeorge SidneyLouise FazendaVera Gordon
    A lost film.
  • Myrna Loy and Monte Blue in Across the Pacific (1926)

    4. Across the Pacific

    19261h 18mPassed
    6.3 (41)
    Following the Spanish-American War, a soldier is given the assignment of finding the leader of a band of rebels in the Phillipines. To do this, he must romance Roma, a cabaret spy working for the rebels. This does not please his commanding officer's daughter, whom he has been romancing.
    DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsMonte BlueJane WintonMyrna Loy
    A lost film.
  • Syd Chaplin in The Better 'Ole (1926)

    5. The Better 'Ole

    19261h 35mPassed
    6.2 (315)
    The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.
    DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsSyd ChaplinHarold GoodwinJack Ackroyd
  • Irene Rich and Conway Tearle in My Official Wife (1926)

    6. My Official Wife

    19261h 24mPassed
    A glittering drama of Imperial Russia in the days before the Revolution and the reckless life of the aristocracy in the days of the Czar, featuring gorgeous gowns, beautiful women, and spectacular settings.
    DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsIrene RichConway TearleJane Winton
  • Nat Carr and George Jessel in Private Izzy Murphy (1926)

    7. Private Izzy Murphy

    19261h 25mPassed
    Isadore "Izzy" Goldberg changes his name to I. Patrick Murphy because his store is in an Irish-neighborhood in New York City. He meets Eileen Cohannigan, the daughter of a meat-packer, and he tells her he is Irish and a romance begins. When America enters World War I, "Izzy" enlists, is sent to France, and is wounded while engaged in a heroic rescue during a big battle. While recovering in an overseas hospital, he write Eileen and tells her he is Jewish and not Irish. Returning home, he is parading with his regiment and he sees Eileen with Robert O'Malley, his old rival. He thinks she has thrown him over because he is Jewish. An Irish lodge comes to bestow an honor on the man they think is Patrick Murphy, an Irish hero. But O'Malley tells them his real name is Goldberg. But Eileen tels him it is he she loves, and they head for the marriage-license bureau.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsGeorge JesselPatsy Ruth MillerVera Gordon
    A lost film.
  • Helene Costello and Walter Merrill in While London Sleeps (1926)

    8. While London Sleeps

    19261h 3mPassed
    3.4 (37)
    Rinty is a police-dog (and faithful companion) assigned to a young Scotland Yard police officer who covers the Limehouse district of London. The East India dock in Limehouse is the home of the scum of the world, especially a group known as the Mediterranean Brotherhood. Scotland Yard is looking for a mysterious "ape-man" (The Monk) whose deeds of violence on behalf of the gang-leader of the Brotherhood has put all of London on guard.
    DirectorsHoward BrethertonWalter MoroscoStarsRin Tin TinHelene CostelloWalter Merrill
  • The Third Degree (1926)

    9. The Third Degree

    19261h 20m
    5.2 (55)
    Circus artist Alicia deserts her husband and child to elope with Underwood, her handsome lover. Fifteen years later, Alicia's deserted daughter Annie Martin is a trapeze performer in a Coney Island sideshow operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chubb, and has married Howard Jeffries in spite of opposition by his wealthy parents. Jeffries, Sr., hires a man--Underwood--to separate the young couple. Underwood convinces the newlyweds that each is being unfaithful to the other, and consequently he is threatened by Howard. Driven to fury by Underwood's uncontrollable demands, Alicia shoots him in a quarrel and makes her escape just as Howard enters; despite his innocence, Howard confesses to the crime when subjected to the third degree. Annie, realizing her mother's guilt, claims to be guilty, but Alicia then confesses. Annie is saved from suicide by Howard, and they are united by love.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsDolores CostelloLouise DresserRockliffe Fellowes
    Remake of 1919 version.
  • Louise Fazenda in Finger Prints (1927)

    10. Finger Prints

    19271h 10mPassed
    5.4 (24)
    A gang of inept crooks and even more inept lawmen search for a cache of hidden money.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsLouise FazendaJohn T. MurrayHelene Costello
    A lost film.
  • Monte Blue and Patsy Ruth Miller in Wolf's Clothing (1927)

    11. Wolf's Clothing

    19271h 20m
    Barry Baline, a guard at a subway station, has worked at his job for six years without a day off. One New Year's Eve he's told that he won't be needed until the next morning, so he decides to go out for a night on the town. As it turns out, however, his "celebrating" is short-lived--he is knocked down by a large, luxurious car driven by a man wearing expensive evening clothes. Complications ensue.
    DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsMonte BluePatsy Ruth MillerJohn Miljan
  • Syd Chaplin in The Fortune Hunter (1927)

    12. The Fortune Hunter

    19271h 20m
    Cafe bouncer Nat Duncan is astonished to see his old panhandling pal Handsome Harry visiting the cabaret in the company of a bejeweled matron. Harry persuades Nat that he too can marry money and agrees to support him in the venture for a share of the profit; he supplies him with clothes and a ticket for Radville, a hick town. There Nat leads a model existence as a churchman and man of means, literally having to fight off the women, including Josie Lockwood, the town banker's daughter. He meets Betty Graham, whose father has neglected his drugstore in his efforts to make gasoline out of crude oil. Nat comes to the rescue and revives the business. Later, Harry arrives, having depleted his wife's fortune, and tries to force Nat to marry Josie. But Nat, with the aid of a wax model, creates the impression of being fickle, thus breaking the engagement so he can marry Betty.
    DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsSyd ChaplinHelene CostelloClara Horton
    Remake of 1920 version. A lost film.
  • William Demarest, Huntley Gordon, Irene Rich, and Lilyan Tashman in Don't Tell the Wife (1927)

    13. Don't Tell the Wife

    19271h 10m
    DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsIrene RichHuntley GordonLilyan Tashman
    Remake of 1925's Kiss Me Again. A lost film.
  • John Barrymore and Dolores Costello in When a Man Loves (1927)

    14. When a Man Loves

    19271h 51mPassed
    7.0 (438)
    A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
    DirectorAlan CroslandStarsJohn BarrymoreDolores CostelloWarner Oland
  • Dorothy Dwan, Jason Robards Sr., Tom Santschi, and Rin Tin Tin in Hills of Kentucky (1927)

    15. Hills of Kentucky

    19271h 10mPassed
    5.9 (47)
    In a famine-stricken section of Kentucky, the mountain people are forced to turn out their dogs. One dog, which becomes the leader of a foraging dog pack, is known as The Grey Ghost. Ben, a bully, and Steve, his shy and gentle half brother, vie for the attentions of Janet, their new schoolmistress, who likes Steve but considers him cowardly for enduring the children's' taunts. The Grey Ghost is injured in an attack and hides near a stream where little Davey is fishing. He permits the boy to bathe his wound and feed him. They secretly become friends, and The Grey Ghost saves the boy from an attack by the pack. In a jealous frenzy, Ben turns the farmers against Janet, then ties her to a canoe headed for the rapids. The Grey Ghost saves Steve from an attack by Ben and rescues Janet. All ends happily.
    DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsRin Tin TinJason Robards Sr.Dorothy Dwan
  • The Gay Old Bird (1927)

    16. The Gay Old Bird

    19271h 10m
    7.8 (15)
    A maid is forced to take the place of the lady of the house when she is temporarily incapacitated.
    DirectorHerman C. RaymakerStarsLouise FazendaJohn T. MurrayJane Winton
    A lost film.
  • Virginia Brown Faire, Warner Richmond, and Jason Robards Sr. in White Flannels (1927)

    17. White Flannels

    19271h 10mPassed
    A smothering mother, Mrs. Jacob Politz (Louise Dresser), stands in the way of the engagement of her college son Frank Politz (Jason Robards) to local girl Anne (Virginia Brown Faire), because she , as the wife of Jacob Politz (George Nichols), an ill-educated coal miner, believes their son should obtain a college education.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsLouise DresserJason Robards Sr.Virginia Brown Faire
  • Patsy Ruth Miller in What Every Girl Should Know (1927)

    18. What Every Girl Should Know

    19271h 10m
    A young girl and her two brothers are sent to a children's home after their older brother, the only one supporting them, winds up in jail.
    DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsPatsy Ruth MillerIan KeithCarroll Nye
  • Matinee Ladies (1927)

    19. Matinee Ladies

    19271h 10m
    Short on money, law student Bob Ward takes a job as a "dancing companion" at a roadhouse, where most of his clients are women looking for a little excitement outside their marriages. He falls in love with Sallie Smith, a cigarette girl at the roadhouse, but wealthy young wastrel Tom Mannion also has his eye on her. Tom persuades Sallie to attend a party on his yacht, and since she has had a fight with Bob over his job, she accepts. Complications ensue.
    DirectorByron HaskinStarsMay McAvoyMalcolm McGregorHedda Hopper
  • Monte Blue and Leila Hyams in The Brute (1927)

    20. The Brute

    19271h 10mPassed
    Martin Sondes (Monte Blue) is an easy-going cowhand going up against a shady, saloon owner called "Square Deal" Fenton (Paul Nicholson", whose chief means of making money is befuddling cowpuncher's brains with liquor and then cheating and robbing them of their money.
    DirectorIrving CummingsStarsMonte BlueLeila HyamsClyde Cook
  • Myrna Loy, Monte Blue, and Patricia Grey in Bitter Apples (1927)

    21. Bitter Apples

    19271hPassed
    7.2 (33)
    John Wyncote's father dies, leaving him a bankrupt business. He instructs the family attorney, Thorden, to sell the business and all of his father's other interests. One of the now bankrupt company's investors, facing financial ruin, kills himself, leaving a son and a daughter, both of whom blame the Wyncote family for their loss and vow to take their revenge on them.
    DirectorHarry O. HoytStarsMonte BlueMyrna LoyPaul Ellis
    A lost film.
  • Myrna Loy in The Climbers (1927)

    22. The Climbers

    19271h 10mPassed
    6.0 (11)
    The Duchess of Aragon (Irene Rich) is wooed by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, much to the displeasure of his mistress Countess Veya (Myrna Loy), who forces the Duchess out of Spain and into Puerto Rico, where she is forced to behave in very unladylike manners, such as riding horses like a cowboy , and dueling with and fending off various brigands and bandits.
    DirectorPaul L. SteinStarsIrene RichClyde CookForrest Stanley
    Remake of 1919's the Climbers. A lost film.
  • Virginia Brown Faire, Jason Robards Sr., Tom Santschi, and Rin Tin Tin in Tracked by the Police (1927)

    23. Tracked by the Police

    19271h 12mPassed
    5.6 (48)
    The Laguna Dam is to be built in Arizona,to supply water to desert-land unfit for cultivation or stock-raising. Rival companies bid for the building contract, which leads to violence and danger for Bob Owen and his dog Satan.
    DirectorRay EnrightStarsRin Tin TinJason Robards Sr.Virginia Brown Faire
    Debut of Ray Enright.
  • Kathleen Key, May McAvoy, Walter Perry, and Jason Robards Sr. in Irish Hearts (1927)

    24. Irish Hearts

    19271hPassed
    2.6 (37)
    Sheila, a feisty Irish girl, loves Emmett, a somewhat shady Irish boy. When Emmett goes to America, Sheila and her father follow and join him. However, when he loses his job, Sheila is forced to get a job in a cheap restaurant. There she meets Rory, a poor American boy who works in a shipyard. Rory falls in love with her but she still loves Emmett. Then she finds out that Emmett has been taking up with a brassy "flapper" named Clarice.
    DirectorByron HaskinStarsMay McAvoyJason Robards Sr.Warner Richmond
    Holds the distinction of lowest IMDB rating on this list. A lost film.
  • Syd Chaplin, Ruth Hiatt, and Akka the Chimp in The Missing Link (1927)

    25. The Missing Link

    19271h 10mPassed
    6.7 (21)
    Arthur Wells (Syd Chaplin), an impoverished poet, impersonates a big-game hunter in an attempt to locate the missing link. However, the poet has an aversion to animals...tame or wild.
    DirectorCharles ReisnerStarsSyd ChaplinRuth HiattTom McGuire

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