The Fortune Hunter (1927 film)

{{short description|1927 film by Charles Reisner}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Fortune Hunter

| image = File:The Fortune Hunter (1927 film) lobby card.jpg

| caption = Lobby card

| director = Charles Reisner
Sandy Roth(ass't director)

| producer = Warner Brothers

| writer = Bryan Foy
Robert Dillon

| based_on = play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith c.1909

| starring = Syd Chaplin

| music =

| cinematography = Edwin B. DuPar

| editing =

| budget = $197,000

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 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551

| gross = $334,000

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{Film date|1927|11|07}}

| runtime = 7 reels

| country = USA

| language = Sound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)

}}

The Fortune Hunter is a lost[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5436/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Fortune Hunter] 1927 synchronized sound film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin. It is based on the 1909 Broadway play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith.[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-fortune-hunter-6830 The Fortune Hunter produced on Broadway Sept. 4, 1909] 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. The film was produced by Warner Brothers.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9207 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Fortune Hunter]