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The History of American Cinema: 1927

January - June

Eastman-Kodak hold a meeting for professionals to promote the use of panchromatic film. [ADD]

It, starring the “It” Girl, Clara Bow, is released. [ADD]

Harry Langdon’s third feature, Long Pants, is released. [ADD]

Cecil B. DeMille’s The King of Kings, starring H. B. Warner as Jesus, premieres at the Gaiety Theater in New York. [ADD]

German actor Emil Jannings completes filming of Victor Fleming’s The Way of All Flesh, his first American film. [ADD]

Fox Movietone News is launched. [ADD]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded at the instigation of MGM boss Louis B. Mayer. [ADD]

Cecil B. DeMille’s The King of Kings is the first film to play at showman Sid Grauman’s Chinese Theater, one year of construction was started by Norma Talmadge breaking the ground with a gold-plated shovel. [ADD]

The first public screening of Fox Movietone News takes place at the Sam Harris Theater in New York. [ADD]

First National, MGM, Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky, United Artists and Universal enter a pact to delay installing any sound film equipment for one year while the technology develops. [ADD]

The Central Motion Picture District announces the construction of a $20 million film centre named Studio City. [ADD]

MGM chief Louis B. Mayer renews Greta Garbo’s contract at a salary of $5,000 per week. [ADD]