The Third Degree (1926 film) explained

The Third Degree
Director:	Michael Curtiz
Based On:	play by Charles Klein
Starring:	Dolores Costello Louise Dresser
Cinematography:	Hal Mohr
Editing:	Clarence Kolster
Studio:	Warner Bros.
Distributor:	Warner Bros.
Runtime:	80 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles) Vitaphone sound effects and score
Budget:	$208,000^[1]
Gross:	$413,000

The Third Degree is a 1926 American silent romance film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz, in his first American film.^[2] Starring Dolores Costello, it is based on the hit 1909 play of the same name written by Charles Klein that starred Helen Ware.^{[3] [4]}

Box Office

According to Warner Bros records The Third Degree earned $269,000 domestically and $144,000 in foreign markets.^[1]

Preservation

A copy of The Third Degree is held by the Library of Congress.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} Also, a 16mm print is in the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.^[9]

External links

• • • Lantern slide to The Third Degree
• Period advertisement

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: Michael Curtiz: biography . Turner Classic Movies . TCM Archive Materials . June 6, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140906063640/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/42547%7C111394/Michael-Curtiz/biography.html . September 6, 2014 .
3. http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=5105 The Third Degree, by Charles Klein, as produced on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre, February 1, 1909 – June 1909; IBDb.com
4. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/ThirdDegree1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Third Degree
5. Catalog of Holdings, the American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress, p. 182 c.1978 by the American Film Institute
6. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20150921021533/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12636 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Third Degree
8. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2666/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Films Survival Catalog: The Third Degree
9. https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wcftr/title.asp?film_id=35390 Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Feature Film Database: The Third Degree