Hills of Kentucky explained

Hills of Kentucky
Director:	Howard Bretherton
Screenplay:	Edward Clark
Story:	Dorothy Yost
Starring:	Rin Tin Tin Jason Robards, Sr. Dorothy Dwan
Cinematography:	Frank Kesson
Studio:	Warner Bros.
Distributor:	Warner Bros.
Runtime:	70 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles) Vitaphone (sound effects and music score)
Budget:	$99,000^[1]
Gross:	$335,000

Hills of Kentucky is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Edward Clark. The film stars Rin Tin Tin, Jason Robards, Sr. and Dorothy Dwan. It was released by Warner Bros. on February 19, 1927.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cast

• Rin Tin Tin as The Grey Ghost
• Jason Robards, Sr. as Steve Harley
• Dorothy Dwan as Janet
• Tom Santschi as Ben Harley
• Billy Kent Schaefer as Crippled boy
• Nanette as herself^[5]

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $239,000 domestically and $96,000 foreign.^[1]

Preservation status

• Prints are held, incomplete and abridged, at George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection and UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[6] A 16mm copy is housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research.^[7]

See also

• List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features

Notes and References

1. Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 5 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
2. Web site: Hills of Kentucky (1927) - Overview . TCM.com . September 6, 2015.
3. Web site: Hall . Mordaunt . Movie Review - Hills of Kentucky - THE SCREEN; A Dog's Day. . . March 2, 1927 . September 6, 2015.
4. Web site: Hills of Kentucky . Afi.com . September 6, 2015.
5. Web site: Hills of Kentucky (1927) . TCM . September 22, 2020.
6. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1465/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Hills of Kentucky
7. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wcftr/title.asp?film_id=33750 Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Feature Film Database:Hills of Kentucky