List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features
Introduction 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'' Release date Title Notes August 6, 1926  ''Don Juan''  First Vitaphone feature. Synchronized Score and sound effects. August 14, 1926  ''Broken Hearts of Hollywood''  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''  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''  incomplete. June 1, 1927  ''Simple Sis''  Lost film June 4, 1927  ''The Black Diamond Express''  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''  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''  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''  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. 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''  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.'' 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 ''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, 1929All-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.
Films released in 1930 and after are [[talkie|All-Talking]] No further Silent Films with Synchronized Scores or Part-Talkies were made or released. 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, 1931Lost 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 *List of early color feature films*List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)*List of lost films*List of incomplete or partially lost films*Vitaphone Varieties