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 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[1] | 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[2] | 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[3] | incomplete. |
| June 1, 1927 | Simple Sis | Lost film |
| June 4, 1927 | The Black Diamond Express[4] | 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[5] | 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[6] | 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[7] | 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.[8] |
| 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[9] | 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. |
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[10] | |
| 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, 1929 | All-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. |
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, 1931 | Lost 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 |