Jaws of Steel | |
Director: | Ray Enright |
Starring: | Rin Tin Tin Jason Robards Helen Ferguson |
Cinematography: | Barney McGill |
Studio: | Warner Bros. |
Distributor: | Warner Bros. |
Runtime: | 6 reels |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Budget: | $46,000[1] |
Gross: | $272,000 |
Jaws of Steel is a 1927 American synchronized sound family adventure film directed by Ray Enright and featuring dog star Rin Tin Tin and Jason Robards Sr. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Warner Bros. produced and distributed the film. Darryl Zanuck, under the alias Gregory Rogers, wrote the story.[2] [3]
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $189,000 domestic and $83,000 foreign.[1]
A nitrate print of the film is archived by Filmmuseum Nederlands. The Library of Congress has a copy shown to the public in the 1990s but is incomplete missing a reel.[4] [5]