1927 in film
The following is an overview of 1927 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
January 10 – 's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany. The film receives its American premiere in New York City on March 6.
Fritz Lang
March 11 – World's largest movie theatre, the , opens in New York City.
Roxy Theatre
April 7 – 's Napoleon often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premieres (in a shortened version) at the Paris Opéra and demonstrates techniques and equipment that will not be revived for years to come, such as hand-held cameras, and what is often considered the first widescreen projection format Polyvision.
Abel Gance
May 11 – The is founded in Los Angeles by Douglas Fairbanks. The 1st Academy Awards (Oscars) will be awarded to films which are released in 1927 or 1928.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
August 12 – Paramount's dramatic film , which will go on to win the first Academy Award for Best Picture, opens at the Criterion Theater in New York City, with an unheard-of roadshow admission price of $2.00 per ticket.
Wings
September 23 – acquires the rights to the Tri-Ergon sound-on-film technology, which had been developed in 1919 by three German inventors, Josef Engl, Hans Vogt, and Joseph Massole.
Fox Films
December 3 – The short Putting Pants on Philip, the first official billing of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, is released in the United States.
silent
Italian wins a Rudolph Valentino look-alike contest and moves to Hollywood to start his acting career.
Alberto Rabagliati
The Three Tramps, the first Filipino comedy film featuring the , is released in the Philippines.[10]
Silos brothers
: Wings
Best Production
: Sunrise
Best Artistic Quality
(1913–1938)
Harold Lloyd
(1917–1944)
Buster Keaton
(1922–1944)
Our Gang
(1924–1936)
Harry Langdon
(1921–1945)
Laurel and Hardy
Alice Comedies
Un-Natural History (-1927)
1925
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Newslaffs (1927–)
1928
January 4 – , American actress (died 2024)
Barbara Rush
January 10 – , American actor (died 1999)
Lee Philips
January 15 – , American actress (died 2023)
Phyllis Coates
January 17 – , American actress and singer (died 2008)
Eartha Kitt
January 22 – , English actor (died 2000)
Walter Sparrow
January 29 – , American actor, voice director and writer (died 2010)
Peter Fernandez
January 31 – , American actress (died 2000)
Jean Speegle Howard
February 3 – , American underground experimental filmmaker and actor (died 2023)
Kenneth Anger
February 7 – , French singer and actress (died 2020)
Juliette Gréco
Eric Mason
February 14 – , Canadian actress (died 2007)
Lois Maxwell
February 20 – , American actor (died 2022)
Sidney Poitier
March 1 – , American singer and actor (died 2023)
Harry Belafonte
March 4 - , American actor (died 1978)
Thayer David
March 7 – , American actor and director (died 1982)
James Broderick
March 18 - , American actor (died 2003)
George Plimpton
March 21 – , American actress (died 1968)
Virginia Weidler
March 25 – , Belgian-American actress (died 2020)
Monique van Vooren
March 31 – , American actor
William Daniels
April 1 – , Portuguese actress (died 2016)
Maria Eugénia
Rita Gam
April 3 - , American actor, stuntman and director (died 2010)
Robert Hoy
April 5 – , Shanxi-born actor (died 2010)
Chao-Li Chi
April 13 – , French film actor, director and writer (died 1983)
Maurice Ronet
April 16 – , American actor (died 2021)
Peter Mark Richman
April 19 – , American former child actress
Cora Sue Collins
April 30 – , Estonian actress (died 2011)
Ellen Alaküla
May 5 – , American actress (died 2022)
Pat Carroll
May 6 – , Italian actor (died 1979)
Ettore Manni
Bernard Fox
May 13 – , American film director, producer and choreographer (died 2001)
Herbert Ross
May 20 – , American actor (died 2019)
David Hedison
May 22 – , Greek American actor (died 2021)
Michael Constantine
May 30 – , American actor (died 2018)
Clint Walker
May 31 – , Malaysian-Japanese screenwriter, director (died 2002)
Koreyoshi Kurahara
June 2 – , Indian-born American character actor (died 2009)
Thomas Hill
June 8 – , American actor and comedian (died 2020)
Jerry Stiller
June 15 – , Hungarian animator (died 2012)
Ottó Foky
June 23 – , American dancer, musical theatre choreographer, screenwriter and director (died 1987)
Bob Fosse
June 24 - , American retired actress
Bette Ford
June 27 – , British actor (died 2020)
Geoffrey Palmer
Mario Lanfranchi
July 2 - , American actor and singer (died 2005)
Brock Peters
July 3 - , American character actor (died 2018)
Tim O'Connor
Gina Lollobrigida
July 6 – , American actress (died 2004)
Janet Leigh
July 7 – , Chinese-American actor
Henry O
Ed Ames
Nan Martin
Richard Johnson
August 9 – , British actor and novelist (died 1978)
Robert Shaw
August 14 – (Bancharel), French voice actor (died 2020)
Roger Carel
August 18 - , First Lady of the United States (died 2023)
Rosalynn Carter
August 19 – , American actor (died 2022)
L. Q. Jones
August 20 - , English actress (died 1980)
Yootha Joyce
August 21 – , English character actor (died 2001)
Tony Steedman
August 30 – , American actor (died 2018)
Bill Daily
September 9 – , English critic (died 2015)
Penelope Houston
Freddie Jones
September 13 - , American actress (died 2018)
Beverly Polcyn
September 16 – , American actor (died 2011)
Peter Falk
Rosemary Harris
September 20 - , Welsh actress (died 1980)
Rachel Roberts
September 21 - , American actress and writer (died 2022)
Joan Hotchkis
September 24 – , English actor (died 2013)
Arthur Malet
September 26 - , American actor (died 1994)
Patrick O'Neal
October 1 – , American actor (died 2010)
Tom Bosley
October 7 - , American singer and actor (died 2009)
Al Martino
October 14 – , English actor (died 2017)
Roger Moore
October 15 – , British actress (died 2024)
Jeannette Charles
October 16 – , American actress (died 2022)
Eileen Ryan
October 18 – , American film and stage actor (died 1999)
George C. Scott
October 21 - , American director and producer (died 2009)
Howard Zieff
October 27 – , Estonian actress (died 2012)
Silvia Laidla
November 1 – , German documentary maker
Marcel Ophuls
November 3 - , Canadian actress (died 1995)
Florence Paterson
November 12 – , British screen actor (died 2005)
John Hollis
Fenella Fielding
November 14 – , American actor (died 1996)
McLean Stevenson
November 20 – , American actress
Estelle Parsons
November 23 – , American actress (died 2011)
Sybil Jason
November 30 – , American actor and singer (died 2017)
Robert Guillaume
December 26 - , American actor and stuntman (died 2021)
Chuck Hicks
December 29 – , Italian film director and screenwriter (died 2017)
Giorgio Capitani
December 30 – , American Actor (died 1993)
Bernard Barrow
January 13 – , American actor, playwright and producer (born 1875)
Arnold Daly
March 17 – , American actor (born 1900)
Charles Emmett Mack
April 25 – , American actor (born 1880)
Earle Williams
May 7 – , American stage and screen actor (born 1867)
Bruce McRae
May 16 – , English stage and screen actor (born 1863)
Sam Bernard
May 20 – , Danish actor (born 1873)
Oscar Stribolt
June 3 – , Swedish stage and screen actor (born 1897)
Einar Hanson
June 4 – , American actor (born 1877)
Robert McKim
July 26 – , American screenwriter (born 1887)
June Mathis
September 5 – , American theatre chain executive & founder of Loews Theatres (born 1870)
Marcus Loew
October 5 – , American co-founder of Warner Brothers studios (born 1887)
Sam Warner
October 13 – , American actor (born 1884)
Hughie Mack
November 4 – , German stage and film actress (born 1882)
Valli Valli
December 6 – , American actress (born 1867)
Kate Toncray
December 16 – , American actor and director (born 1868)
Romaine Fielding
December 24 – , American stage & film actress (born 1895)
Julia Bruns
– Uncle Tom's Cabin
Virginia Grey
– The Beloved Rogue
Angelo Rossitto
– Broadway Nights
Ann Sothern
– Broadway Nights