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词条 The Missing Link (1927 film)
释义

  1. Reception

  2. Main cast

  3. Box Office

  4. References

  5. Bibliography

  6. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = The Missing Link
| image = File:The Missing Link (1927 film).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Swedish release poster
| director = Charles Reisner
| producer =
| writer = Charles Reisner
Darryl F. Zanuck
| narrator =
| starring =Syd Chaplin
Ruth Hiatt
Tom McGuire
| music = Erno Rapee
| editing =
| cinematography = Devereaux Jennings
| studio = Warner Bros.
| distributor = Warner Bros.
| released = May 6, 1927
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent
English intertitles
| budget =$313,000 [1]
| gross =$608,000[1]
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}

The Missing Link is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin, Ruth Hiatt and Tom McGuire.{{sfn|Stein|2010|p=151}} 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.{{sfn|Stein|2010|p=151}}

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".{{sfn|Stein|2010|p=150}}

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]

References

1. ^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

Bibliography

{{refbegin}}
  • {{cite book |ref=harv |first=Lisa K. |last=Stein |title=Syd Chaplin: A Biography |publisher=McFarland Publishing |date=30 November 2010 |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=zNhYqnze7rwC&printsec=frontcover |pages=279 |isbn=9780786462261}}
{{refend}}

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0018164}}
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