List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features
This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and/or talking movies produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and its subsidiary First National (FN) for the years 1927–1931.
Synchronized Sound Films
Synchronized Musical Score With Sound Effects
Release date
Title
Notes
August 6, 1926
Don Juan
Synchronized Score Extant First Vitaphone Feature.
August 14, 1926
Broken Hearts of Hollywood [ N 1]
Synchronized Score Extant
September 2, 1926
The Honeymoon Express
Synchronized Score Lost Film
October 1, 1926
Millionaires
Synchronized Score Lost Film
October 2, 1926
Across the Pacific
Synchronized Score Lost Film
October 6, 1926
The Better 'Ole
Synchronized Score Extant
October 16, 1926
My Official Wife
Synchronized Score Lost Film
October 30, 1926
Private Izzy Murphy
Synchronized Score Lost Film
November 27, 1926
While London Sleeps
Synchronized Score Lost Film
December 1, 1926
The Third Degree [ N 1]
Synchronized Score Extant at LOC
January 8, 1927
Finger Prints
Synchronized Score Lost Film
January 15, 1927
Wolf's Clothing
Synchronized Score Lost Film
January 18, 1927
The Fortune Hunter
Synchronized Score Lost Film
January 22, 1927
Don't Tell the Wife
Synchronized Score Lost Film
February 19, 1927
Hills of Kentucky
Synchronized Score Extant
February 26, 1927
The Gay Old Bird
Synchronized Score Lost Film
March 19, 1927
White Flannels
Synchronized Score Lost Film
March 20, 1927
What Every Girl Should Know
Synchronized Score Lost Film
April 9, 1927
Matinee Ladies
Synchronized Score Lost Film
April 23, 1927
Bitter Apples
Synchronized Score Lost Film
April 30, 1927
The Brute
Synchronized Score Lost Film
May 7, 1927
Tracked by the Police
Synchronized Score Extant. Soundtrack Lost.
May 14, 1927
The Climbers
Synchronized Score Lost Film
May 21, 1927
Irish Hearts
Synchronized Score Lost Film
May 22, 1927
The Missing Link
Synchronized Score Extant Held at Gosfilmofond, LoC, Cineteca Nazionale , BFI
May 28, 1927
A Million Bid [ N 1]
Synchronized Score Incomplete
June 1, 1927
Simple Sis
Synchronized Score Lost Film
June 4, 1927
The Black Diamond Express [ N 1]
Synchronized Score Lost Film
June 18, 1927
Dearie
Synchronized Score Lost Film
June 25, 1927
What Happened to Father?
Synchronized Score Lost Film
July 23, 1927
The Heart of Maryland [ N 1]
Synchronized Score Incomplete
August 20, 1927
The Bush Leaguer
Synchronized Score Lost Film
August 21, 1927
When a Man Loves
Synchronized Score Extant
August 27, 1927
The Desired Woman
Synchronized Score Lost Film
September 3, 1927
Slightly Used
Synchronized Score Lost Film
September 4, 1927
Old San Francisco
Synchronized Score Extant
September 10, 1927
Jaws of Steel [ N 1]
Synchronized Score Incomplete
September 17, 1927
One Round Hogan
Synchronized Score Lost Film
September 18, 1927
The First Auto
Synchronized Score Lost Film
September 24, 1927
A Sailor's Sweetheart [ N 1]
Synchronized Score Incomplete
October 8, 1927
Sailor Izzy Murphy
Synchronized Score Lost Film
October 15, 1927
The College Widow
Synchronized Score Lost Film
October 22, 1927
A Reno Divorce
Synchronized Score Lost Film
October 29, 1927
A Dog of the Regiment
Synchronized Score Lost Film
November 5, 1927
Good Time Charley
Synchronized Score Extant
November 12, 1927
The Silver Slave
Synchronized Score Lost Film
November 19, 1927
The Girl from Chicago
Synchronized Score Lost Film
November 26, 1927
Ginsberg the Great
Synchronized Score Lost Film
December 3, 1927
Brass Knuckles
Synchronized Score Extant
December 17, 1927
If I Were Single
Synchronized Score Extant
December 24, 1927
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Synchronized Score Extant
December 31, 1927
Husbands for Rent
Synchronized Score Lost Film
January 14, 1928
Beware of Married Men
Synchronized Score Incomplete (One Reel Extant).[ 1]
January 28, 1928
A Race for Life
Synchronized Score Extant
February 11, 1928
The Little Snob
Synchronized Score Incomplete
February 25, 1928
Across the Atlantic
Synchronized Score Lost Film
March 3, 1928
Children of the Ritz
Synchronized Score Incomplete
March 10, 1928
Powder My Back
Synchronized Score Lost Film
March 28, 1928
Domestic Troubles
Synchronized Score Lost Film
April 1, 1928
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
April 7, 1928
The Crimson City [ N 1]
Synchronized Score Extant
April 21, 1928
Rinty of the Desert
Synchronized Score Lost Film
May 12, 1928
Pay as You Enter
Synchronized Score Lost Film
September 9, 1928
Night Watch (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
September 16, 1928
The Whip (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
September 16, 1928
Waterfront (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
September 28, 1928
Show Girl (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
October 7, 1928
The Crash (FN)
Synchronized Score Lost Film
October 18, 1928
Lilac Time (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
November 4, 1928
The Haunted House (FN)
Synchronized Score Lost Film
November 11, 1928
Outcast (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
November 18, 1928
The Good-Bye Kiss (FN)
Synchronized Score Lost Film
December 2, 1928
Adoration (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
December 16, 1928
Naughty Baby (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
December 30, 1928
Scarlet Seas (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
January 9, 1929
Synthetic Sin (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
February 3, 1928
Cheyenne (FN)
Synchronized Score Lost Film
February 9, 1929
The Greyhound Limited
Synchronized Score Extant
February 17, 1928
The Royal Rider (FN)
Synchronized Score Lost Film
February 17, 1928
The Lawless Legion (FN)
Synchronized Score Lost Film
February 28, 1929
Why Be Good? (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
March 24, 1929
Love and the Devil (FN)
Synchronized Score Extant
March 31, 1929
The Divine Lady
Synchronized Score Extant
Talking Film
The following films contain dialogue and are classified as Part-Talkies or All-Talkies.
Title
Release date
Notes
The Jazz Singer
October 6, 1927
Part-Talkie Extant at WCFTR, LoC and BFI. First Warner Feature with dialogue.
Tenderloin
March 14, 1928
Part-Talkie Lost film.
Glorious Betsy
April 26, 1928
Part-Talkie Extant at LoC and WCFTR. Incomplete Soundtrack.
Five and Ten Cent Annie
May 28, 1928
Part-Talkie Incomplete.
The Lion and the Mouse
June 15, 1928
Part-Talkie Extant at UCLA, LoC & WCFTR. Incomplete Soundtrack.
Lights of New York
July 8, 1928
All-Talking Warner's First All-Talking Feature.
The Terror
August 15, 1928
All-Talking Lost film. Soundtrack Extant.
State Street Sadie
September 2, 1928
Part-Talkie Lost Film.
The Singing Fool
September 19, 1928
Part-Talkie Extant
Women They Talk About
October 14, 1928
Part-Talkie Lost Film.
Land of the Silver Fox
October 18, 1928
Part-Talkie Extant
The Home Towners
October 23, 1928
All-Talking Lost Film.
Beware of Bachelors
October 27, 1928
Part-Talkie Extant
The Midnight Taxi
October 28, 1928
Part-Talkie Sound Version Lost. Silent Version Extant.
Noah's Ark
November 1, 1928
Part-Talkie. Extant
On Trial
November 14, 1928
All-Talking Lost Film.
Caught in the Fog
December 2, 1928
Part-Talkie Incomplete
The Little Wildcat
December 8, 1928
Part-Talkie. Lost film.
The Barker (FN)
December 9, 1928
Part-Talkie. Extant.
My Man
December 21, 1928
Part-Talkie Lost Film. Soundtrack Extant.
Conquest
December 22, 1928
All-Talking Lost Film.
Seven Footprints to Satan (FN)
January 27, 1929
Part-Talkie. Part-Talkie Version LostInternational Sound Version Extant.
The Greyhound Limited
February 9, 1929
Part-Talkie. Extant.
Million Dollar Collar
February 9, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
Weary River (FN)
February 10, 1929
Part-Talkie. Extant.
Fancy Baggage
February 23, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
Stolen Kisses
February 23, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
Sonny Boy
February 27, 1929
Part-Talkie. Extant.
Stark Mad
March 2, 1929
All-Talking Lost Film.
Queen of the Night Clubs
March 24, 1929
All-Talking Lost Film.
Hardboiled Rose
March 30, 1929
Part-Talkie. Extant.
The Redeeming Sin
April 6, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
His Captive Woman (FN)
April 7, 1929
Part-Talkie. Extant.
Hot Stuff (FN)
April 7, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
The Desert Song
April 8, 1929
All-Talking.Technicolor Sequences. Extant.
Saturday's Children (FN)
April 14, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
One Stolen Night
April 20, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
Kid Gloves
April 27, 1929
Part-Talkie. Extant at GEH[ 2]
House of Horror (FN)
April 28, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
Glad Rag Doll
May 4, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
No Defense
May 11, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
Two Weeks Off (FN)
May 12, 1929
Part-Talkie. Extant.
Prisoners (FN)
May 19, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
Frozen River
May 25, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
The Squall (FN)
May 26, 1929
All-Talkie. Extant.
On with the Show
May 28, 1929
All-Talking. All Technicolor . Extant In Black And White.
Careers (FN)
June 2, 1929
All-Talkie. Extant.
From Headquarters
June 6, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
The Girl in the Glass Cage (FN)
June 23, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
The Gamblers
June 29, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Broadway Babies (FN)
June 30, 1929
All-Talking. Extant.
The Man and the Moment (FN)
July 7, 1929
Part-Talkie. Extant.
The Time, the Place and the Girl
July 8, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Twin Beds (FN)
July 14, 1929
All-Talkie. Lost Film.
Drag (FN)
July 21, 1929
All-Talking. Extant.
Madonna of Avenue A
July 22, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Smiling Irish Eyes (FN)
July 28, 1929
All-Talking.Technicolor Sequences. Lost Film.
Hard To Get (FN)
August 4, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Say It with Songs
August 6, 1929
All-Talking. Extant.
Dark Streets (FN)
August 11, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
The Careless Age (FN)
August 18, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Her Private Life (FN)
August 25, 1929
All-Talking. Extant at Cineteca Italiana .
Gold Diggers of Broadway
August 30, 1929
All-Talking. All Technicolor . Incomplete.
Fast Life (FN)
September 1, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Hearts in Exile
September 14, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
The Great Divide (FN)
September 15, 1929
All-Talking. Extant.
Honky Tonk
September 21, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
A Most Immoral Lady (FN)
September 22, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
The Hottentot
September 28, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
The Isle Of Lost Ships (FN)
September 29, 1929
All-Talking. Extant
The Argyle Case
October 5, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Evidence
October 5, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
So Long Letty
October 16, 1929
All-Talking. Extant.
Is Everybody Happy?
October 19, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Young Nowheres (FN)
October 20, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
In the Headlines
October 26, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
The Girl From Woolworths (FN)
October 27, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Disraeli
November 1, 1929
All-Talking. Extant Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture .
Skin Deep
November 2, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Paris (FN)
November 7, 1929
All-Talking. Part Technicolor . Lost Film.
Footlights And Fools (FN)
November 8, 1929
All-Talking. Part Technicolor . Lost Film.
The Sap
November 9, 1929
Part-Talkie. Lost Film.
The Forward Pass (FN)
November 10, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Little Johnny Jones (FN)
November 17, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
The Show of Shows
November 21, 1929
All-Talking. Part Technicolor . Extant In Black And White.
The Royal Box
November 21, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film. The first all talking German language film made in America.
The Sacred Flame
November 24, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
The Painted Angel (FN)
December 1, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
General Crack
December 3, 1929
All-Talking. Part Technicolor . Silent Version Extant.
The Love Racket (FN)
December 8, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
The Aviator
December 14, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
Tiger Rose
December 21, 1929
All-Talking. Extant.
Sally (FN)
December 23, 1929
All-Talking. All Technicolor . Extant In Black and White.
Wedding Rings (FN)
December 29, 1929
All-Talking. Lost Film.
No further Synchronized Films or Part-Talkies were made or released from this point.
Title
Release date
Notes
Second Choice
January 4, 1930
Lost Film.
Lilies of the Field (FN)
January 5, 1930
Lost Film.
Playing Around (FN)
January 19, 1930
On DVD
In the Next Room (FN)
January 26, 1930
Lost Film.
Wide Open
February 1, 1930
On DVD
Loose Ankles (FN)
February 2, 1930
On DVD
The Other Tomorrow (FN)
February 9, 1930
Lost Film.
The Green Goddess
February 13, 1930
She Couldn't Say No
February 15, 1930
Lost Film.
No, No, Nanette (FN)
February 16, 1930
Part Technicolor . 160 ft Fragment Extant at BFI.
Demon of the Sea
March 1930
Lost Film.
Isle of Escape
March 1, 1930
Lost Film.
Strictly Modern (FN)
March 2, 1930
Lost Film.
Son of the Gods (FN)
March 9, 1930
Part Technicolor . Extant In Black and White. On DVD
Song of the West
March 15, 1930
All Technicolor. Lost Film.
On the Border
March 15, 1930
The Furies (FN)
March 16, 1930
Lost Film.
Hold Everything
March 20, 1930
All Technicolor . Extant In Black and White.
Mammy
March 26, 1930
Technicolor sequences. On DVD
The Man from Blankley's
March 28, 1930
Lost Film.
Under a Texas Moon
April 1, 1930
All Technicolor . Extant at UCLA .
Murder Will Out (FN)
April 6, 1930
Lost Film.
Spring is Here (FN)
April 13, 1930
Those Who Dance
April 19, 1930
Show Girl in Hollywood (FN)
April 20, 1930
Part Technicolor . Extant In Black and White. On DVD
The Second Floor Mystery
April 26, 1930
A Notorious Affair (FN)
May 4, 1930
On DVD
The Man Hunter
May 5, 1930
Lost Film.
Dumbbells in Ermine
May 10, 1930
Lost Film.
The Flirting Widow (FN)
May 11, 1930
The Bride of the Regiment (FN)
May 21, 1930
All Technicolor . Lost Film.
Courage
May 22, 1930
Lost Film.
Song of the Flame (FN)
May 25, 1930
All Technicolor . Vitascope . Lost Film.
Back Pay (FN)
June 1, 1930
On DVD
Rough Waters
June 7, 1930
Lost Film.
Golden Dawn
June 14, 1930
All Technicolor . Extant In Black and White.
Sweethearts and Wives (FN)
June 15, 1930
Sweet Mama (FN)
July 6, 1930
Recaptured Love
July 8, 1930
The Dawn Patrol (FN)
July 10, 1930
On DVD
Dancing Sweeties
July 19, 1930
On DVD
Road to Paradise (FN)
July 20, 1930
On DVD
Three Faces East
July 26, 1930
On DVD
The Matrimonial Bed
August 2, 1930
On DVD
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
August 9, 1930
All Technicolor . Extant In Black and White. On DVD
Numbered Men (FN)
August 6, 1930
Moby Dick
August 14, 1930
On DVD
Oh Sailor Behave
August 16, 1930
On DVD
The Office Wife
August 23, 1930
On DVD
Top Speed (FN)
August 24, 1930
Big Boy
September 6, 1930
On DVD
The Way of All Men (FN)
September 7, 1930
Lost Film.
The Bad Man (FN)
September 15, 1930
Unpreserved nitrate print at UCLA . In danger of being lost.
Bright Lights (FN)
September 21, 1930
All Technicolor . Extant In Black and White. Color Fragments at LOC . On DVD
Old English
September 27, 1930
On DVD
Scarlet Pages (FN)
September 28, 1930
On DVD
Maybe It's Love
October 4, 1930
On DVD
College Lovers (FN)
October 5, 1930
Lost Film
Sinner's Holiday
October 11, 1930
On DVD
The Girl of the Golden West (FN)
October 12, 1930
Lost Film.
The Doorway to Hell
October 18, 1930
On DVD
The Life of the Party
October 25, 1930
All Technicolor . Extant In Black and White.
Kismet (FN)
October 30, 1930
Vitascope . Lost Film.
A Soldier's Plaything
November 1, 1930
Vitascope . On DVD
River's End
November 1, 1930
The Gorilla (FN)
November 2, 1930
Lost Film.
The Truth About Youth (FN)
November 3, 1930
Sunny (FN)
November 9, 1930
On DVD
The Widow from Chicago (FN)
November 23, 1930
On DVD
Viennese Nights
November 26, 1930
All Technicolor . Extant. Color Print at UCLA .
Outward Bound
November 29, 1930
One Night at Susie's (FN)
November 30, 1930
On DVD
Man to Man
December 6, 1930
Mother's Cry (FN)
December 7, 1930
Divorce Among Friends
December 13, 1930
The Lash (FN)
December 14, 1930
Vitascope . On DVD
Captain Thunder
December 27, 1930
On DVD
Other Men's Women
January 17, 1931
On DVD
Captain Applejack
January 31, 1931
Illicit
February 14, 1931
On DVD
Sit Tight
February 28, 1931
On DVD
Fifty Million Frenchmen
March 21, 1931
All Technicolor . Extant In Black and White.
God's Gift to Women
April 25, 1931
On DVD
Svengali
April 29, 1931
On DVD
The Millionaire
May 15, 1931
The Public Enemy
May 22, 1931
On DVD
The Maltese Falcon
June 13, 1931
On DVD
Gold Dust Gertie
June 27, 1931
On DVD
Smart Money
July 11, 1931
On DVD
Children of Dreams
July 25, 1931
Part Technicolor . Lost film.
Night Nurse
August 8, 1931
On DVD
Bought!
August 8, 1931
The Star Witness
August 21, 1931
Alexander Hamilton
September 12, 1931
On DVD
Side Show
September 19, 1931
On DVD
The Road to Singapore
October 10, 1931
On DVD
Expensive Women
October 24, 1931
The Mad Genius
November 7, 1931
On DVD
Blonde Crazy
November 14, 1931
On DVD
The Naughty Flirt (FN)
January 11, 1931
On DVD
Little Caesar (FN)
January 25, 1931
On DVD
Going Wild (FN)
February 2, 1931
On DVD
The Right of Way (FN)
February 7, 1931
On DVD
Kiss Me Again (FN)
February 21, 1931
All Technicolor . Extant In Black and White.
Father's Son (FN)
March 7, 1931
Lost film. Soundtrack survives.
The Hot Heiress (FN)
March 28, 1931
On DVD
Woman Hungry (FN)
April 4, 1931
All Technicolor . Lost film.
The Finger Points (FN)
April 11, 1931
On DVD
Misbehaving Ladies (FN)
April 18, 1931
Too Young to Marry (FN)
May 8, 1931
The Lady Who Dared (FN)
May 29, 1931
Party Husband (FN)
June 6, 1931
On DVD
Men of the Sky (FN)
June 20, 1931
Lost film.
Big Business Girl (FN)
July 4, 1931
On DVD
Chances (FN)
July 18, 1931
On DVD
Broadminded (FN)
August 1, 1931
On DVD
The Reckless Hour (FN)
August 15, 1931
On DVD
The Last Flight (FN)
August 29, 1931
On DVD
The Bargain (FN)
September 5, 1931
Lost film.
I Like Your Nerve (FN)
September 12, 1931
On DVD
Five Star Final (FN)
September 26, 1931
On DVD
Penrod and Sam (FN)
October 3, 1931
On DVD
Honor of the Family (FN)
October 17, 1931
Lost film.
The Ruling Voice (FN)
October 31, 1931
Local Boy Makes Good (FN)
November 28, 1931
On DVD
Compromised (FN)
December 5, 1931
Lost film.
Safe in Hell (FN)
December 12, 1931
On DVD
Her Majesty, Love (FN)
December 26, 1931
On DVD
Notes
See also