List of Warner Bros. films (1918–1929)
This is a list of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and also its subsidiary First National Pictures for the years 1918–1929. From 1928 to 1936, films by First National continued to be credited solely to "First National Pictures". This list does not include third-party films or films Warner gained the rights to as a result of mergers or acquisitions.
Key
1910s
1918
1919
Release date
Title
Notes
May 24, 1919
Open Your Eyes
June 1, 1919
Beware!
November 30, 1919
Speed #
Short Subject
1920s
1920
1921
1922
1923
Release date
Title
Notes
March 4, 1923
Brass
March 15, 1923
The Tie That Binds #
March 29, 1923
Little Church Around the Corner
April 25, 1923
Main Street #
First film to be released after the formal setup of the studio on April 4, 1923
June 18, 1923
Penrod and Sam
July 1, 1923
Where the North Begins
August 19, 1923
Little Johnny Jones #
August 21, 1923
The Printer's Devil #
September 22, 1923
The Gold Diggers #
Extant In Incomplete Form Reels 2, 3 & part of reel 6 remain missing.
November 4, 1923
The Country Kid
December 8, 1923
Lucretia Lombard #
Incomplete (Reel 2 Damaged)
December 9, 1923
Tiger Rose #
Abridged/Incomplete Warners' most expensive film to date with a cost of $436,000[ 1]
1924
Release date
Title
Notes
January 12, 1924
Conductor 1492
February 2, 1924
George Washington Jr. #
February 9, 1924
Daddies
February 10, 1924
The Marriage Circle
March 30, 1924
Beau Brummel
May 1, 1924
How to Educate a Wife #
May 31, 1924
Broadway After Dark #
Distributed Only
June 15, 1924
Babbitt #
July 1, 1924
Being Respectable #
July 24, 1924
Her Marriage Vow
Extant at Filmarchiv Austria
August 1, 1924
Cornered #
August 10, 1924
Lover's Lane #
August 25, 1924
The Tenth Woman #
September 1, 1924
Find Your Man
October 19, 1924
Three Women
November 1, 1924
The Age of Innocence #
November 2, 1924
This Woman
November 16, 1924
The Lover of Camille
Extant at Film Archive Austria, Wien
November 26, 1924
The Dark Swan #
December 1, 1924
The Lighthouse by the Sea
Extant with many archival holdings
December 18, 1924
A Lost Lady #
1925
Release date
Title
Notes
January 1, 1925
The Bridge of Sighs
Extant at Archives Du Film Du CNC, Bois d'Arcy
January 11, 1925
The Narrow Street #
Incomplete
March 15, 1925
On Thin Ice #
March 29, 1925
A Broadway Butterfly #
April 26, 1925
Recompense #
May 16, 1925
My Wife and I #
June 7, 1925
The Man Without a Conscience
Extant at Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen
July 6, 1925
Eve's Lover #
July 13, 1925
Tracked in the Snow Country
Extant at Cinemateket-Svenska Film institutet, Stockholm
July 25, 1925
How Baxter Butted In #
August 1, 1925
Kiss Me Again #
August 6, 1925
The Woman Hater
Extant at Archives Du Film Du CNC, Bois d'Arcy
September 5, 1925
The Limited Mail
Extant with several archival holdings
September 12, 1925
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted #
September 19, 1925
His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Extant in Incomplete/Abridged Version at UCLA
September 26, 1925
Below the Line
Extant in Incomplete/Abridged Version
October 11, 1925
The Man on the Box
Extant at George Eastman and UCLA Film and Television Archive
October 24, 1925
Compromise #
October 25, 1925
Bobbed Hair
Extant at Filmoteca de Catalunya, Barcelona
October 31, 1925
Red Hot Tires
Extant at Library of Congress
November 7, 1925
Seven Sinners
November 14, 1925
Satan in Sables
Extant at Museum of Modern Art , New York City
November 21, 1925
Rose of the World #
November 28, 1925
The Clash of the Wolves
Extant with several archival holdings Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2004
December 5, 1925
Three Weeks in Paris #
December 12, 1925
Hogan's Alley
Extant in an Incomplete/Abridged Print
December 19, 1925
Pleasure Buyers
Extant at Museum of Modern Art, New York City
December 26, 1925
Lady Windermere's Fan
Extant with many archival holdings Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2002
1926
Release date
Title
Notes
January 8, 1926
The Fighting Edge #
January 15, 1926
His Jazz Bride #
The Sea Beast
Extant in many archival copies. Warners' most expensive film to date with a cost of $503,000 but also the highest grossing film to date surpassing School Days with worldwide rentals of $938,000[ 1]
January 22, 1926
The Man Upstairs #
January 30, 1926
The Golden Cocoon #
February 6, 1926
The Caveman
survives, incomplete with only one reel missing
February 13, 1926
The Love Toy #
February 20, 1926
Bride of the Storm #
February 27, 1926
The Night Cry
Extant in many archival copies[ 2]
March 1, 1926
Why Girls Go Back Home #
March 6, 1926
The Little Irish Girl #
March 7, 1926
Oh! What a Nurse!
Extant in many archival copies[ 3]
March 13, 1926
The Gilded Highway #
March 17, 1926
Other Women's Husbands #
March 20, 1926
The Sap #
May 1, 1926
Hell-Bent for Heaven #
May 14, 1926
Silken Shackles #
May 15, 1926
The Social Highwayman
Extant at Cineteca Italiana , Milan, Italy
June 19, 1926
Footloose Widows
Extant at Library of Congress
July 10, 1926
The Passionate Quest
Extant at Library of Congress and Filmmuseum Nederland (EYE Institut)
July 24, 1926
A Hero of the Big Snows
Extant in many archival copies
July 31, 1926
So This Is Paris
August 6, 1926
Don Juan
Synchronized sound film Extant in many archival copies Warners' most expensive film to date with a cost of $546,000 but also the highest grossing film to date surpassing The Sea Beast with worldwide rentals of $1,693,000[ 1]
August 14, 1926
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
Synchronized sound film Extant at Library of Congress & Academy Film Archive (Beverly Hills)
September 2, 1926
The Honeymoon Express #
October 1, 1926
Millionaires #
October 2, 1926
Across the Pacific #
October 16, 1926
My Official Wife #
October 23, 1926
The Better 'Ole
Synchronized sound film Extant, several archival copies
October 30, 1926
Private Izzy Murphy #
November 27, 1926
While London Sleeps #
December 1, 1926
The Third Degree
Extant at Library of Congress & Wisconsin Center For Film and Theater Research
1927
Release date
Title
Notes
January 8, 1927
Finger Prints #
January 15, 1927
Wolf's Clothing #
January 18, 1927
The Fortune Hunter #
Synchronized sound film
January 22, 1927
Don't Tell the Wife #
February 19, 1927
Hills of Kentucky
Extant In Incomplete Kodascope Copy
February 26, 1927
The Gay Old Bird #
March 19, 1927
White Flannels #
March 20, 1927
What Every Girl Should Know #
April 9, 1927
Matinee Ladies #
April 23, 1927
Bitter Apples #
Synchronized sound film
April 30, 1927
The Brute #
May 7, 1927
Tracked by the Police
Extant at Library of Congress and the George Eastman House
May 14, 1927
The Climbers #
May 21, 1927
Irish Hearts #
May 22, 1927
The Missing Link
Synchronized sound film Extant in several archival copies
May 28, 1927
A Million Bid
Extant at Library of Congress
June 1, 1927
Simple Sis #
June 4, 1927
The Black Diamond Express #
June 18, 1927
Dearie #
June 25, 1927
What Happened to Father? #
July 23, 1927
The Heart of Maryland #
Incomplete
August 20, 1927
The Bush Leaguer #
Synchronized sound film
August 21, 1927
When a Man Loves
Synchronized sound film Extant at George Eastman House & Filmoteca Española (Madrid)
August 27, 1927
The Desired Woman #
September 3, 1927
Slightly Used #
Synchronized sound film
September 4, 1927
Old San Francisco
Synchronized sound film Extant at George Eastman House & Library of Congress
September 10, 1927
Jaws of Steel
Synchronized sound film Extant at Filmmuseum Nederlands (EYE Institute)
September 17, 1927
One-Round Hogan #
Synchronized sound film
September 18, 1927
The First Auto
Synchronized sound film Extamt at Library of Congress
September 24, 1927
A Sailor's Sweetheart
Synchronized sound film Extant at BFI National Film and Television
October 6, 1927
The Jazz Singer
First Part-Talkie sound feature film Extant in many archival copies Warners' highest grossing film to date with worldwide rentals of $2,625,000[ 1] Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996
October 8, 1927
Sailor Izzy Murphy #
Synchronized sound film
October 15, 1927
The College Widow #
October 22, 1927
A Reno Divorce #
Synchronized sound film
October 29, 1927
A Dog of the Regiment #
Synchronized sound film
November 5, 1927
Good Time Charley
Synchronized sound film
November 12, 1927
The Silver Slave #
Synchronized sound film
November 19, 1927
The Girl from Chicago #
Synchronized sound film
November 26, 1927
Ginsberg the Great #
Synchronized sound film
December 3, 1927
Brass Knuckles
Synchronized sound film Extant at Cineteca Nazionale , Rome
December 17, 1927
If I Were Single
Synchronized sound film Extant at BFI National Film and Television Archive
December 24, 1927
Ham and Eggs at the Front
Synchronized sound film
December 31, 1927
Husbands for Rent #
Synchronized sound film
1928
Release date
Title
Notes
January 14, 1928
Beware of Married Men #
Synchronized sound film Incomplete fragment of one reel survives at UCLA
January 28, 1928
A Race for Life
Synchronized sound film
February 11, 1928
The Little Snob #
Synchronized sound film
February 25, 1928
Across the Atlantic #
Synchronized sound film
March 10, 1928
Powder My Back #
Synchronized sound film
March 14, 1928
Tenderloin #
Part-Talkie sound film
March 28, 1928
Domestic Troubles #
Synchronized sound film
April 7, 1928
The Crimson City
Synchronized sound film
April 21, 1928
Rinty of the Desert #
Synchronized sound film
April 26, 1928
Glorious Betsy
Part-Talkie sound film
May 12, 1928
Pay as You Enter #
Synchronized sound film
May 21, 1928
The Lion and the Mouse
Part-Talkie sound film
May 26, 1928
Five and Ten Cent Annie
Part-Talkie sound film Extant at BFI
July 18, 1928
Lights of New York
First All-Talking sound feature film
August 11, 1928
Women They Talk About #
Part-Talkie sound film
August 25, 1928
Caught in the Fog
Part-Talkie sound film
Extant at BFI
August 25, 1928
State Street Sadie #
Part-Talkie sound film
September 1, 1928
The Midnight Taxi
Part-Talkie sound film Extant at BFI
September 6, 1928
The Terror #
All-Talking sound film
September 9, 1928
Night Watch
First National Production Synchronized sound film First National becomes a subsidiary of Warner Bros. from this point.
September 16, 1928
Waterfront
First National Production Synchronized sound film
September 16, 1928
The Whip
First National Production Synchronized sound film
September 19, 1928
The Singing Fool
Part-Talkie sound film Warners' highest grossing film to date ($5,916,000)[ 1]
September 23, 1928
Show Girl
First National Production Synchronized sound film
October 7, 1928
The Crash
First National Production Synchronized sound film
October 14, 1928
Do Your Duty #
First National Production
October 18, 1928
Land of the Silver Fox
Part-Talkie sound film Extant at George Eastman
October 18, 1928
Lilac Time
First National Production Synchronized sound film
October 21, 1928
Companionate Marriage #
First National Production
October 27, 1928
Beware of Bachelors
Part-Talkie sound film Extant at the Library of Congress
September 9, 1928
The Glorious Trail #
First National Production
November 1, 1928
Noah's Ark
Part-Talkie sound film Warners' first film to cost over $1 million.[ 1]
November 3, 1928
The Home Towners #
All-Talking sound film
November 4, 1928
The Haunted House
First National Production Synchronized sound film Unclear Status
November 11, 1928
Outcast
First National Production Synchronized sound film
December 1, 1928
On Trial #
All-Talking sound film
December 2, 1928
Adoration
First National Production Synchronized sound film
December 8, 1928
The Little Wildcat #
Part-Talkie sound film
December 9, 1928
The Barker
Part-Talkie sound film Extant at Museum of Modern Art
December 15, 1928
My Man #
Part-Talkie sound film
December 16, 1928
Night Watch
First National Production Synchronized sound film
December 22, 1928
Conquest #
All-Talking sound film
December 23, 1928
The Phantom City #
First National Production
December 26, 1928
The Ware Case
First National Production Produced In The United Kingdom
December 29, 1928
Scarlet Seas
First National Production Synchronized sound film
1929
Release date
Title
Notes
January 6, 1929
Synthetic Sin
First National Production Synchronized sound film
January 12, 1929
Cheyenne #
First National Production Synchronized sound film
January 26, 1929
Fancy Baggage #
Part-Talkie sound film
January 27, 1929
Seven Footprints to Satan
First National Production Synchronized sound film
February 2, 1929
Stark Mad #
All-Talking sound film
February 3, 1929
His Captive Woman
First National ProductionPart-Talkie sound film
February 9, 1929
The Greyhound Limited
Part-Talkie sound film
The Million Dollar Collar #
Part-Talkie sound film
February 10, 1929
Weary River
First National ProductionPart-Talkie sound film
February 16, 1929
The Redeeming Sin #
Part-Talkie sound film
February 17, 1929
The Lawless Legion #
First National Production Synchronized sound film
The Royal Rider #
First National Production Synchronized sound film
February 23, 1929
Stolen Kisses #
Part-Talkie sound film
February 28, 1929
Why Be Good?
First National Production Synchronized sound film
March 3, 1929
Children of the Ritz #
First National Production Synchronized sound film
March 10, 1929
Saturday's Children #
First National ProductionPart-Talkie sound film
March 16, 1929
One Stolen Night #
Part-Talkie sound film
March 23, 1929
Kid Gloves
Part-Talkie sound film Extant at GEH
March 24, 1929
Queen of the Night Clubs #
All-Talking sound film
March 24, 1929
Love and the Devil
First National Production Synchronized sound film
March 30, 1929
Hardboiled Rose #
Part-Talkie sound film
March 31, 1929
The Divine Lady
First National Production Synchronized sound film
April 6, 1929
No Defense #
Part-Talkie sound film
April 8, 1929
The Desert Song
All-Talking sound film Technicolor Sequences Warner's first feature with color sequences.
April 18, 1929
Sonny Boy #
All-Talking sound film
April 20, 1929
Frozen River #
Part-Talkie sound film
April 27, 1929
From Headquarters
Part-Talkie sound film
April 28, 1929
House of Horror #
First National ProductionPart-Talkie sound film
May 4, 1929
Glad Rag Doll #
Part-Talkie sound film
May 5, 1929
Hot Stuff #
First National ProductionPart-Talkie sound film
May 9, 1929
The Squall
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
May 12, 1929
Two Weeks Off #
First National ProductionPart-Talkie sound film
May 19, 1929
Prisoners #
First National ProductionPart-Talkie sound film
May 23, 1929
The Flying Scotsman
Part-Talkie sound film Produced by British International Pictures and WB British
June 2, 1929
Careers
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
June 22, 1929
Madonna of Avenue A #
All-Talking sound film
June 23, 1929
The Girl in the Glass Cage #
First National ProductionPart-Talkie sound film
June 29, 1929
The Gamblers #
All-Talking sound film
June 30, 1929
Broadway Babies
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
July 7, 1929
The Man and the Moment
First National ProductionPart-Talkie sound film
July 8, 1929
The Time, the Place and the Girl #
All-Talking sound film
July 13, 1929
On with the Show!
All-Talking sound film All Technicolor Warner's first all-color feature film
July 14, 1929
Twin Beds #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
July 21, 1929
Drag
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
July 28, 1929
Smiling Irish Eyes #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film Technicolor Sequences
August 4, 1929
Hard to Get #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
August 7, 1929
The California Mail #
First National Production Synchronized sound film
August 10, 1929
The Hottentot #
All-Talking sound film
August 11, 1929
Dark Streets #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
August 17, 1929
The Argyle Case #
All-Talking sound film
August 24, 1929
Say It with Songs
All-Talking sound film
August 25, 1929
Her Private Life
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
August 30, 1929
Gold Diggers of Broadway #
All-Talking sound film All Technicolor Mostly Lost; 2 incomplete Reels and Fragments
August 31, 1929
Honky Tonk #
All-Talking sound film
In the Headlines #
All-Talking sound film
September 1, 1929
Fast Life #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
September 7, 1929
Skin Deep #
All-Talking sound film
September 14, 1929
Hearts in Exile #
All-Talking sound film
September 15, 1929
The Careless Age #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
The Great Divide
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
September 22, 1929
A Most Immoral Lady #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
October 16, 1929
The Isle of Lost Ships
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
October 17, 1929
So Long Letty
All-Talking sound film
October 19, 1929
Is Everybody Happy? #
All-Talking sound film
October 20, 1929
Young Nowheres #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
October 27, 1929
The Girl from Woolworth's #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
November 1, 1929
Disraeli
All-Talking sound film Academy Award nominee for Best Picture
November 7, 1929
Paris #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film Technicolor Sequences
November 8, 1929
Footlights and Fools #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film Technicolor Sequences
November 9, 1929
The Sap #
Part-Talkie sound film
November 10, 1929
The Forward Pass #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
November 17, 1929
Little Johnny Jones #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
November 24, 1929
The Sacred Flame #
All-Talking sound film
December 1, 1929
The Painted Angel #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
December 3, 1929
General Crack
All-Talking sound film Technicolor Sequences Extant except for color sequences.
December 5, 1929
Evidence #
All-Talking sound film
December 8, 1929
The Love Racket #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
December 14, 1929
The Aviator #
All-Talking sound film
December 21, 1929
Tiger Rose
All-Talking sound film
December 23, 1929
Sally
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film All Technicolor
December 29, 1929
Wedding Rings #
First National ProductionAll-Talking sound film
December 29, 1929
The Show of Shows
All-Talking sound film Part Technicolor
See also
References
Information related to List of Warner Bros. films (1918–1929)