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List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features

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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.

Silent film

silent film with Vitaphone track unless otherwise noted

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Release date	Title	Notes
August 6, 1926	Don Juan	First Vitaphone feature. Synchronized Score and sound effects.
August 14, 1926	Broken Hearts of Hollywood^{[N 1]}	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
September 2, 1926	The Honeymoon Express	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
October 1, 1926	Millionaires	Lost film
October 2, 1926	Across the Pacific	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
October 6, 1926	The Better 'Ole	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
October 16, 1926	My Official Wife
October 30, 1926	Private Izzy Murphy	Lost film.
November 27, 1926	While London Sleeps	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
December 1, 1926	The Third Degree^{[N 1]}	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
January 8, 1927	Finger Prints	Lost film
January 15, 1927	Wolf's Clothing	Lost film
January 18, 1927	The Fortune Hunter	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film
January 22, 1927	Don't Tell the Wife	Lost film
February 19, 1927	Hills of Kentucky
February 26, 1927	The Gay Old Bird	Lost film
March 19, 1927	White Flannels	Lost film
March 20, 1927	What Every Girl Should Know	Lost film
April 9, 1927	Matinee Ladies	Lost film.
April 23, 1927	Bitter Apples	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
April 30, 1927	The Brute	Lost film.
May 7, 1927	Tracked by the Police	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Soundtrack is lost.
May 14, 1927	The Climbers	Lost film.
May 21, 1927	Irish Hearts	Lost film.
May 22, 1927	The Missing Link	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Surviving film—Gosfilmofond, LoC, Cineteca Nazionale, BFI National Film and Television
May 28, 1927	A Million Bid^{[N 1]}	incomplete.
June 1, 1927	Simple Sis	Lost film
June 4, 1927	The Black Diamond Express^{[N 1]}	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
June 18, 1927	Dearie	Lost film.
June 25, 1927	What Happened to Father?	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film
July 23, 1927	The Heart of Maryland^{[N 1]}	Synchronized Score and sound effects. incomplete.
August 20, 1927	The Bush Leaguer	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
August 21, 1927	When a Man Loves	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
August 27, 1927	The Desired Woman	Lost film.
September 3, 1927	Slightly Used	Lost film
September 4, 1927	Old San Francisco	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
September 10, 1927	Jaws of Steel^{[N 1]}	Synchronized Score and sound effects. incomplete.
September 17, 1927	One Round Hogan	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
September 18, 1927	The First Auto	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
September 24, 1927	A Sailor's Sweetheart^{[N 1]}	Synchronized Score and sound effects. incomplete.
October 8, 1927	Sailor Izzy Murphy	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
October 15, 1927	The College Widow	Lost film.
October 22, 1927	A Reno Divorce	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
October 29, 1927	A Dog of the Regiment	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
November 5, 1927	Good Time Charley	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
November 12, 1927	The Silver Slave	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
November 19, 1927	The Girl from Chicago	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
November 26, 1927	Ginsberg the Great	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
December 3, 1927	Brass Knuckles	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
December 17, 1927	If I Were Single	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
December 24, 1927	Ham and Eggs at the Front	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
December 31, 1927	Husbands for Rent	Lost film
January 14, 1928	Beware of Married Men	Synchronized Score and sound effects. incomplete; 1 reel only.^[1]
January 28, 1928	A Race for Life	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
February 11, 1928	The Little Snob	Synchronized Score and sound effects. incomplete.
February 25, 1928	Across the Atlantic	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
March 10, 1928	Powder My Back	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
March 28, 1928	Domestic Troubles	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
April 7, 1928	The Crimson City^{[N 1]}	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
April 21, 1928	Rinty of the Desert	Synchronized Score and sound effects. Lost film.
September 9, 1928	Night Watch	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
September 28, 1928	Show Girl	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
October 18, 1928	Lilac Time	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
January 9, 1929	Synthetic Sin	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
February 9, 1929	The Greyhound Limited	Synchronized Score and sound effects. incomplete.
February 28, 1929	Why Be Good?	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
March 24, 1929	Love and the Devil	Synchronized Score and sound effects.
March 31, 1929	The Divine Lady	Synchronized Score and sound effects.

Sound film

These films consist of part-talking, part-silent with Vitaphone soundtrack, unless otherwise noted.

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Title	Release date	Notes
The Jazz Singer	October 6, 1927	First Part-Talkie Feature. Survives in WCFTR, LoC and BFI.
Tenderloin	March 14, 1928	Part-Talkie. Lost film.
Glorious Betsy	April 26, 1928	Part-Talkie. Survive in LoC and WCFTR. Soundtrack is incomplete.
The Lion and the Mouse	June 15, 1928	Part-Talkie. Survive in UCLA, LoC and WCFTR. Soundtrack is incomplete.
Lights of New York	July 8, 1928	First All-Talkie Feature.
The Terror	August 15, 1928	All-Talking. Lost film. Complete soundtrack survive only.
State Street Sadie	September 2, 1928	Part-Talkie. Lost film.
The Singing Fool	September 19, 1928	Part-Talkie.
Women They Talk About	October 14, 1928	Part-Talkie. Lost film.
Land of the Silver Fox	October 18, 1928	Part-Talkie. Soundtrack is lost.
The Home Towners	October 23, 1928	All-Talking. Lost film.
Beware of Bachelors	October 27, 1928	Part-Talkie. Soundtrack is lost.
The Midnight Taxi	October 28, 1928	Part-Talkie. Sound version lost. Silent version survives.
Noah's Ark	November 1, 1928	Part-Talkie.
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.
My Man	December 21, 1928	Part-Talkie. Lost film. Soundtrack survives
Conquest	December 22, 1928	All-Talking. Lost film.
Seven Footprints to Satan (FN)	January 27, 1929	Part-Talkie. Sound version lost. Silent version survives. Soundtrack is lost.
Million Dollar Collar	February 9, 1929	Part-Talkie. Lost film.
Weary River (FN)	February 10, 1929	Part-Talkie.
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.
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. Soundtrack is lost.
The Redeeming Sin	April 6, 1929	Part-Talkie. Lost film.
His Captive Woman (FN)	April 7, 1929	Part-Talkie.
Hot Stuff (FN)	April 7, 1929	Part-Talkie.
The Desert Song	April 8, 1929	All-Talking. Part Technicolor.
Saturday's Children (FN)	April 14, 1929	Part-Talkie. Lost film.
One Stolen Night	April 20, 1929	Part-Talkie.
Kid Gloves	April 27, 1929	Part-Talkie. Survive 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.
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.
On with the Show	May 28, 1929	All-Talking. All Technicolor. Survives only in black and white. Color fragments survive.
Careers (FN)	June 2, 1929	All-Talkie. Lost film.
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.
The Man and the Moment (FN)	July 7, 1929	Part-Talkie.
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.
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. incomplete
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. Print exists in the Italian Cineteca Italiana.
Gold Diggers of Broadway	August 30, 1929	All-Talking. All Technicolor. Mostly lost film. Complete soundtrack survives.
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.
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.
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.
Is Everybody Happy?	October 19, 1929	All-Talking. incomplete.
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. 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. 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. Nearly all Technicolor. Survives but most only in black and white.
The Royal Box	November 21, 1929	All-Talking. The first all talking German language film made in America. Lost film
The Sacred Flame	November 24, 1929	All-Talking. Lost film.
The Painted Angel (FN)	December 1, 1929	All-Talking. Lost film.
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.
Sally (FN)	December 23, 1929	All Technicolor. Survives only in black and white. Color fragments survive.
Wedding Rings (FN)	December 29, 1929	All-Talking. Lost film.

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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
General Crack	January 25, 1930	Part Technicolor. Sound version lost. A soundtrack survives but doesn't match the silent version footage that does survive.
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 exist at BFI National Archive.
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. Survives only 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. Survives only 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. Print 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. Survives only 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. Survives only 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. Survives only 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. Survives only 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. Survives only 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. 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. Survives only 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. Survives only 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

List_of_early_Warner_Bros._talking_features

List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features

Silent film

Sound film

Films released in 1930 and after are All-Talking

Notes

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