List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (1924–1929)
Appearance
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The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released between 1924 and 1929.
Key
[edit]# | Considered to be lost. |
1924
[edit]Release date | Title | Notes |
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April 14, 1924 | Mademoiselle Midnight | Distribution only; produced by Tiffany Productions |
April 21, 1924 | Sherlock Jr. | Distribution only; produced by Joseph M. Schenck
Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1991 |
June 23, 1924 | Revelation | |
August 3, 1924 | Broken Barriers# | |
August 4, 1924 | Bread# | |
August 11, 1924 | Tess of the d'Urbervilles# | |
August 25, 1924 | Little Robinson Crusoe | |
September 1, 1924 | Sinners in Silk# | |
September 8, 1924 | The Red Lily | |
September 15, 1924 | Yolanda | Distribution only; produced by William Randolph Hearst for the Cosmopolitan Corporation |
September 15, 1924 | Wine of Youth | |
September 29, 1924 | His Hour | |
September 29, 1924 | One Night in Rome | |
October 6, 1924 | The Beauty Prize# | |
October 6, 1924 | Circe, the Enchantress | Distribution only; produced by Tiffany Productions |
October 13, 1924 | The Navigator | Distribution only; presented by Joseph M. Schenck
Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2018 |
October 20, 1924 | The Bandolero# | |
October 27, 1924 | Married Flirts# | |
November 3, 1924 | Along Came Ruth# | |
November 9, 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2017; The first film made completely by MGM as Slats became its first original MGM lion mascot after Goldwyn Pictures took over 2 unknown lions.[1] |
November 19, 1924 | The Snob# | |
November 24, 1924 | The Silent Accuser | |
November 24, 1924 | So This Is Marriage# | |
December 1, 1924 | The Wife of the Centaur# | |
December 4, 1924 | Greed | Incomplete; Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1991 |
December 6, 1924 | Romola | Distribution only; produced by Inspiration Pictures |
December 8, 1924 | Janice Meredith | Distribution only; produced by William Randolph Hearst |
December 29, 1924 | The Dixie Handicap# |
1925
[edit]Release date | Title | Notes |
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January 19, 1925 | Excuse Me# | |
February 9, 1925 | Cheaper to Marry# | |
February 10, 1925 | Chu-Chin-Chow# | US distribution only; made in the UK by Graham-Wilcox Productions |
February 15, 1925 | The Great Divide | |
February 16, 1925 | The Rag Man | |
February 23, 1925 | Lady of the Night | |
February 23, 1925 | The Prairie Wife# | The first sound film with Jackie the Lion as the MGM mascot. Distribution only; produced by Eastern Productions |
March 11, 1925 | Seven Chances | Distribution only; produced by Buster Keaton Productions, presented by Joseph M. Schenck |
March 16, 1925 | The Monster | |
March 22, 1925 | The Denial | |
March 29, 1925 | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | |
March 29, 1925 | The Way of a Girl | |
March 30, 1925 | Confessions of a Queen | |
April 13, 1925 | The Sporting Venus | |
April 20, 1925 | Man and Maid# | |
April 27, 1925 | Proud Flesh | |
May 2, 1925 | Zander the Great | Distribution only; produced by William Randolph Hearst for the Cosmopolitan Corporation |
May 4, 1925 | The White Desert | |
August 16, 1925 | The Unholy Three | remade in 1930 |
August 26, 1925 | The Merry Widow | remade in 1934 |
September 6, 1925 | Pretty Ladies | Incomplete; technicolor sequences missing |
September 13, 1925 | Never the Twain Shall Meet | Distribution only; produced by William Randolph Hearst for Cosmopolitan |
September 20, 1925 | Sun-Up | |
September 22, 1925 | The Circle | |
September 23, 1925 | A Slave of Fashion# | |
September 27, 1925 | The Mystic | |
October 4, 1925 | Exchange of Wives | |
October 4, 1925 | The Midshipman | Produced under the supervision of the U. S. Navy Department |
October 11, 1925 | The Tower of Lies# | |
November 1, 1925 | Go West | Distribution only; produced by Buster Keaton Productions |
November 5, 1925 | The Big Parade | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1992 |
November 8, 1925 | Lights of Old Broadway | A Cosmopolitan production |
November 8, 1925 | Time, the Comedian | |
November 9, 1925 | Old Clothes | |
November 15, 1925 | Bright Lights# | |
November 15, 1925 | Don't# | |
November 22, 1925 | The Only Thing | |
December 6, 1925 | His Secretary# | |
December 13, 1925 | The Masked Bride# | |
December 20, 1925 | Soul Mates | |
December 27, 1925 | The Great Love# | |
December 27, 1925 | Sally, Irene and Mary | |
December 30, 1925 | Ben-Hur | partial Technicolor; remade in 1959 and 2016
Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1997 |
1926
[edit]Release date | Title | Notes |
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January 4, 1926 | Dance Madness# | |
January 11, 1926 | The Blackbird | |
January 11, 1926 | Mike | Incomplete; missing reels 3 & 4 |
February 1, 1926 | The Auction Block# | |
February 15, 1926 | The Devil's Circus | |
February 15, 1926 | Mare Nostrum | |
February 21, 1926 | Torrent | A Cosmopolitan production |
February 24, 1926 | La Bohème | |
March 1, 1926 | Monte Carlo | |
March 28, 1926 | The Exquisite Sinner | Unclear |
April 19, 1926 | Beverly of Graustark | A Cosmopolitan production |
May 2, 1926 | Brown of Harvard | |
May 10, 1926 | Money Talks | Incomplete |
May 17, 1926 | The Boob | |
May 21, 1926 | The Barrier# | |
May 24, 1926 | Paris | |
June 26, 1926 | Lovey Mary | Incomplete; missing 1 reel |
June 28, 1926 | The Road to Mandalay | Incomplete |
July 25, 1926 | A Waltz Dream | US distribution; made in Germany by UFA |
August 9, 1926 | The Scarlet Letter | |
August 14, 1926 | The Boy Friend# | |
September 4, 1926 | Battling Butler | A Buster Keaton production |
September 5, 1926 | The Waning Sex | |
September 26, 1926 | Blarney# | |
September 30, 1926 | Bardelys the Magnificent | Incomplete |
October 10, 1926 | The Temptress | A Cosmopolitan production |
October 10, 1926 | War Paint# | Trailer Survives |
October 17, 1926 | The Gay Deceiver# | |
October 24, 1926 | The Magician | |
November 7, 1926 | Upstage | |
November 14, 1926 | The Desert's Toll | |
November 14, 1926 | Exit Smiling | |
November 21, 1926 | The Flaming Forest | A Cosmopolitan production |
November 28, 1926 | There You Are!# | |
November 28, 1926 | Tin Hats | incomplete; missing 1 reel |
December 4, 1926 | Love's Blindness# | fragment |
December 5, 1926 | Faust | US distribution; made in Germany by UFA |
December 18, 1926 | Valencia | |
December 20, 1926 | The Fire Brigade | |
December 23, 1926 | Tell It to the Marines |
1927
[edit]Release date | Title | Notes |
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January 1, 1927 | A Little Journey# | |
January 9, 1927 | Flesh and the Devil | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2006 |
January 15, 1927 | Johnny Get Your Hair Cut | |
January 22, 1927 | The Show | |
January 27, 1927 | Winners of the Wilderness | |
January 29, 1927 | The Red Mill | A Cosmopolitan production |
February 5, 1927 | Altars of Desire | |
February 5, 1927 | The Taxi Dancer | |
February 12, 1927 | Women Love Diamonds | |
February 19, 1927 | The Demi-Bride | Incomplete |
February 19, 1927 | The Valley of Hell | Incomplete; 2 reels only |
February 26, 1927 | The Understanding Heart | A Cosmopolitan production |
March 12, 1927 | Slide, Kelly, Slide | |
March 15, 1927 | Heaven on Earth | |
March 26, 1927 | Mr. Wu | |
April 2, 1927 | Frisco Sally Levy# | |
April 30, 1927 | Rookies | |
May 1, 1927 | Lovers?# | |
May 7, 1927 | California | |
May 11, 1927 | Annie Laurie | |
May 14, 1927 | Captain Salvation | |
May 21, 1927 | Tillie the Toiler | A Cosmopolitan production |
June 4, 1927 | The Unknown | |
June 11, 1927 | The Frontiersman# | |
June 18, 1927 | The Callahans and the Murphys# | fragment |
June 25, 1927 | On Ze Boulevard | |
July 9, 1927 | Twelve Miles Out | |
August 6, 1927 | The Bugle Call# | |
August 13, 1927 | Mockery | |
August 20, 1927 | After Midnight | |
August 27, 1927 | Adam and Evil# | |
September 2, 1927 | The Garden of Allah | |
September 3, 1927 | Foreign Devils | |
September 21, 1927 | The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | |
October 1, 1927 | Body and Soul | |
October 1, 1927 | The Fair Co-Ed | A Marion Davies production |
October 9, 1927 | The Road to Romance | |
October 13, 1927 | The Thirteenth Hour | |
October 22, 1927 | Spring Fever | |
October 29, 1927 | Tea for Three# | |
November 1, 1927 | Quality Street | |
November 12, 1927 | Becky# | A Cosmopolitan production |
November 19, 1927 | Man, Woman and Sin | |
November 20, 1927 | In Old Kentucky | |
November 27, 1927 | Love | Synchronized sound film (1928 re-release) |
December 3, 1927 | London After Midnight# | |
December 8, 1927 | The Enemy | |
December 10, 1927 | Spoilers of the West | |
December 17, 1927 | The Lovelorn | A Cosmopolitan production |
December 24, 1927 | Buttons# |
1928
[edit]Release date | Title | Notes |
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January 8, 1928 | Baby Mine# | |
January 8, 1928 | West Point | Produced by permission of the War Department with cooperation of the U. S. Military Academy |
January 14, 1928 | The Divine Woman# | Incomplete; one reel and two fragments survive |
January 21, 1928 | The Law of the Range | |
January 28, 1928 | Wickedness Preferred# | |
February 4, 1928 | The Latest from Paris | Incomplete; missing reel 4 |
February 11, 1928 | Rose-Marie# | |
February 18, 1928 | The Crowd | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1989 |
March 4, 1928 | The Smart Set | |
March 17, 1928 | Bringing Up Father | |
March 20, 1928 | The Trail of '98 | Synchronized sound film |
March 24, 1928 | The Big City | |
March 24, 1928 | Under the Black Eagle | |
March 24, 1928 | Wyoming# | |
March 31, 1928 | Circus Rookies# | |
April 7, 1928 | Across to Singapore | Incomplete |
April 14, 1928 | Laugh, Clown, Laugh | Synchronized sound film |
April 21, 1928 | Riders of the Dark | |
April 22, 1928 | The Patsy | |
April 28, 1928 | The Actress# | |
May 5, 1928 | Diamond Handcuffs# | |
May 19, 1928 | A Certain Young Man# | |
June 9, 1928 | Detectives | |
June 16, 1928 | Forbidden Hours | |
June 23, 1928 | The Cossacks | Synchronized sound film |
June 30, 1928 | Mademoiselle from Armentieres | US distribution; made in the UK by Gaumont British |
June 30, 1928 | Telling the World | |
July 14, 1928 | The Adventurer# | |
July 26, 1928 | Skirts | US distribution; made in the UK by British International Pictures; Incomplete |
August 4, 1928 | The Mysterious Lady | |
August 11, 1928 | Four Walls# | |
August 15, 1928 | Beau Broadway# | |
September 1, 1928 | Our Dancing Daughters | Synchronized sound film; A Cosmopolitan production |
September 2, 1928 | The Cardboard Lover | |
September 8, 1928 | Excess Baggage# | Synchronized sound film |
September 15, 1928 | Beyond the Sierras | |
September 15, 1928 | While the City Sleeps | Synchronized sound film |
September 22, 1928 | The Cameraman | Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2005 |
September 27, 1928 | The Baby Cyclone# | Synchronized sound film |
October 26, 1928 | Shadows of the Night | |
November 2, 1928 | The Viking | Synchronized sound film; Presented by Herbert T. Kalmus First color feature with a soundtrack, however, it's not the first color film by MGM. The first MGM color films have 2 completely lost films with a missing lion mascot named Numa, (nicknamed Bill) called "Buffalo Bill's Last Flight" (1927) and "The Heart of General E. Lee" (1928). First film with Telly the Lion as the first color MGM mascot, however, Jackie still took over the black and white era. |
November 10, 1928 | White Shadows in the South Seas | Synchronized sound film |
November 15, 1928 | Alias Jimmy Valentine | Part-talkie; first MGM feature with talking sequences |
November 17, 1928 | The Bushranger# | |
November 17, 1928 | The Masks of the Devil# | Synchronized sound film |
November 20, 1928 | Show People | Synchronized sound film |
November 23, 1928 | The Wind | Synchronized sound film; Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1993 |
November 24, 1928 | West of Zanzibar | Synchronized sound film |
December 1, 1928 | Dream of Love# | Synchronized sound film |
December 1, 1928 | A Lady of Chance | Synchronized sound film |
December 15, 1928 | A Woman of Affairs | Synchronized sound film |
December 23, 1928 | Brotherly Love# | Part-talkie |
December 29, 1928 | Honeymoon |
1929
[edit]Release date | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
January 5, 1929 | Morgan's Last Raid# | |
January 12, 1929 | A Single Man# | |
January 12, 1929 | Confession | |
January 19, 1929 | The Flying Fleet | Synchronized sound film; Produced with the sanction of the U. S. Navy |
January 23, 1929 | The Bellamy Trial | Part-Talkie; A Hearst News Service production; Incomplete |
February 1, 1929 | The Broadway Melody | All-Talking sound film; Technicolor sequences; Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture; the first MGM film to win Best Picture First full-talking MGM feature; also released in a silent version which was 3,429 feet shorter than the version with dialogue. |
February 9, 1929 | All at Sea | |
February 11, 1929 | Napoleon | US distribution; made in France by the Films Abel Gance (a Gaumont-Metro presentation) |
February 16, 1929 | Casanova/The Loves of Casanova | US distribution; made in France by the Société des Cinéromans |
February 23, 1929 | Wild Orchids | Synchronized sound film |
March 2, 1929 | The Overland Telegraph | |
March 4, 1929 | Spies | US distribution; made in Germany by UFA |
March 16, 1929 | The Duke Steps Out# | Synchronized sound film |
March 23, 1929 | The Great Power# | All-Talking sound film |
March 23, 1929 | Tide of Empire | Synchronized sound film |
March 29, 1929 | Desert Nights | Synchronized sound film |
March 30, 1929 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Part-Talkie |
April 6, 1929 | Spite Marriage | Synchronized sound film |
April 13, 1929 | The Voice of the City | All-Talking sound film; A Cosmopolitan production |
April 20, 1929 | Sioux Blood | |
April 27, 1929 | The Pagan | Synchronized sound film |
May 4, 1929 | Where East is East | Synchronized sound film |
May 11, 1929 | The Desert Rider | |
May 25, 1929 | A Man's Man# | Synchronized sound film |
May 28, 1929 | China Bound | |
June 8, 1929 | The Trial of Mary Dugan | All-Talking sound film |
June 15, 1929 | The Idle Rich | All-Talking sound film |
July 8, 1929 | Thunder | Synchronized sound film; Incomplete |
July 13, 1929 | Wonder of Women# | Part-Talkie |
July 26, 1929 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | All-Talking sound film |
July 27, 1929 | The Single Standard | Synchronized sound film |
August 17, 1929 | Madame X | All-Talking sound film |
August 20, 1929 | Hallelujah | All-Talking sound film; Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2008 |
August 24, 1929 | Marianne | All-Talking sound film; A Marion Davies production |
August 24, 1929 | Our Modern Maidens | Synchronized sound film |
August 31, 1929 | The Girl in the Show | All-Talking sound film |
September 7, 1929 | Speedway | Synchronized sound film |
September 14, 1929 | The Unholy Night | All-Talking sound film |
September 21, 1929 | Wise Girls | All-Talking sound film |
September 28, 1929 | His Glorious Night | All-Talking sound film |
October 5, 1929 | The Mysterious Island | Part-Talkie; All Technicolor |
October 19, 1929 | The Thirteenth Chair | All-Talking sound film |
November 8, 1929 | So This Is College | All-Talking sound film |
November 16, 1929 | The Kiss | Synchronized sound film; MGM's last film without audible dialogue; From this point onward, all released MGM films were All-Talking sound films. |
November 23, 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Technicolor sequences; Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture |
November 23, 1929 | Untamed | |
December 6, 1929 | It's a Great Life | Technicolor sequences |
December 20, 1929 | Navy Blues | |
December 27, 1929 | Devil-May-Care | Technicolor sequences |
December 27, 1929 | Their Own Desire |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Eames, John Douglas. The MGM Story. Octopus Books, London. 1975