Jaws of Steel
1927 film by Ray Enright
- September 10, 1927 (1927-09-10)
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Jaws of Steel is a 1927 American synchronized sound family adventure film directed by Ray Enright and featuring dog star Rin Tin Tin and Jason Robards, Sr. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Warner Bros. produced and distributed the film. Darryl Zanuck, under the alias Gregory Rogers, wrote the story.[2][3]
Cast
- Rin Tin Tin as Rinty
- Jason Robards, Sr. as John Warren
- Helen Ferguson as Mary Warren
- Mary Louise Miller as Baby Warren
- Jack Curtis as Thoms Grant Taylor
- Bob Perry as The Sheriff
- Buck Connors as Alkali Joe
Box office
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $189,000 domestic and $83,000 foreign.[1]
See also
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
- List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features
Preservation status
A nitrate print of the film is archived by Filmmuseum Nederlands. The Library of Congress has a copy shown to the public in the 1990s but is incomplete missing a reel.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b c 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 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Jaws of Steel
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Jaws of Steel at silentera.com
- ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Jaws of Steel
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 92, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jaws of Steel.
- Jaws of Steel at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Still #1 and #2 at gettyimages.com
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