This is a list of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. and also its subsidiary First National Pictures for the years 1918–1929. From 1928 to 1936, films by First National continued to be credited solely to "First National Pictures". This list does not include third-party films or films Warner gained the rights to as a result of mergers or acquisitions.
1910s
1918
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 1918 | My Four Years in Germany | Extant Warner's first film |
| December 25, 1918 | Kaiser's Finish | Lost Film |
1919
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1919 | Open Your Eyes | Extant |
| June 1, 1919 | Beware! | Extant |
| November 30, 1919 | Speed | Lost Film Short Subject |
1920s
1920
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1920 | The Lost City | Extant In Incomplete Form Only |
| April 2, 1920 | Parted Curtains | Lost Film |
1921
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 1921 | Miracles of the Jungle | Lost Film |
| August 8, 1921 | School Days | Extant at George Eastman House and UCLA Warners' most expensive film to date with a cost of $133,000 and highest grossing film to date with worldwide rentals of $578,000 |
| September 4, 1921 | Why Girls Leave Home | Lost Film |
| December 25, 1921 | Ashamed of Parents | Lost Film |
1922
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| March 26, 1922 | Your Best Friend | Lost Film |
| September 24, 1922 | Rags to Riches | Lost Film |
| November 1, 1922 | A Dangerous Adventure | Incomplete. Warners' most expensive film to date with a cost of $175,000 |
| December 10, 1922 | The Beautiful and Damned | Lost Film |
| December 24, 1922 | Heroes of the Street | Extant |
1923
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| March 4, 1923 | Brass | Extant |
| March 15, 1923 | The Tie That Binds | Lost Film |
| March 29, 1923 | Little Church Around the Corner | Extant |
| April 25, 1923 | Main Street | Lost Film First film to be released after the formal setup of the studio on April 4, 1923 |
| June 18, 1923 | Penrod and Sam | Extant |
| July 1, 1923 | Where the North Begins | Extant |
| August 19, 1923 | Little Johnny Jones | Lost Film |
| August 21, 1923 | The Printer's Devil | Lost Film |
| September 22, 1923 | The Gold Diggers | Extant In Incomplete Form Reels 2, 3 & part of reel 6 remain missing. |
| November 4, 1923 | The Country Kid | Extant |
| December 8, 1923 | Lucretia Lombard | Incomplete (Reel 2 Damaged) |
| December 9, 1923 | Tiger Rose | Abridged/Incomplete Warners' most expensive film to date with a cost of $436,000 |
1924
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 12, 1924 | Conductor 1492 | Extant |
| February 2, 1924 | George Washington Jr. | Lost Film |
| February 9, 1924 | Daddies | Extant |
| February 10, 1924 | The Marriage Circle | Extant |
| March 30, 1924 | Beau Brummel | Extant |
| May 1, 1924 | How to Educate a Wife | Lost Film |
| May 31, 1924 | Broadway After Dark | Lost Film Distributed Only |
| June 15, 1924 | Babbitt | Lost Film |
| July 1, 1924 | Being Respectable | Lost Film |
| July 24, 1924 | Her Marriage Vow | Extant at Filmarchiv Austria |
| August 1, 1924 | Cornered | Lost Film |
| August 10, 1924 | Lover's Lane | Lost Film |
| August 25, 1924 | The Tenth Woman | Lost Film |
| September 1, 1924 | Find Your Man | Extant |
| October 19, 1924 | Three Women | Extant |
| November 1, 1924 | The Age of Innocence | Lost Film |
| November 2, 1924 | This Woman | Extant |
| November 16, 1924 | The Lover of Camille | Extant at Film Archive Austria, Wien |
| November 26, 1924 | The Dark Swan | Lost Film |
| December 1, 1924 | The Lighthouse by the Sea | Extant with many archival holdings |
| December 18, 1924 | A Lost Lady | Lost Film |
1925
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1925 | The Bridge of Sighs | Extant at Archives Du Film Du CNC, Bois d'Arcy |
| January 11, 1925 | The Narrow Street | Incomplete |
| March 15, 1925 | On Thin Ice | Lost Film |
| March 29, 1925 | A Broadway Butterfly | Lost Film |
| April 26, 1925 | Recompense | Lost Film |
| May 16, 1925 | My Wife and I | Lost Film |
| June 7, 1925 | The Man Without a Conscience | Extant at Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen |
| July 6, 1925 | Eve's Lover | Lost Film |
| July 13, 1925 | Tracked in the Snow Country | Extant at Cinemateket-Svenska Film institutet, Stockholm |
| July 25, 1925 | How Baxter Butted In | Lost Film |
| August 1, 1925 | Kiss Me Again | Lost Film |
| August 6, 1925 | The Woman Hater | Extant at Archives Du Film Du CNC, Bois d'Arcy |
| September 5, 1925 | The Limited Mail | Extant with several archival holdings |
| September 12, 1925 | The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted | Lost Film |
| September 19, 1925 | His Majesty, Bunker Bean | Extant in Incomplete/Abridged Version at UCLA |
| September 26, 1925 | Below the Line | Extant in Incomplete/Abridged Version |
| October 11, 1925 | The Man on the Box | Extant at George Eastman and UCLA Film and Television Archive |
| October 24, 1925 | Compromise | Lost Film |
| October 25, 1925 | Bobbed Hair | Extant at Filmoteca de Catalunya, Barcelona |
| October 31, 1925 | Red Hot Tires | Extant at Library of Congress |
| November 7, 1925 | Seven Sinners | Extant |
| November 14, 1925 | Satan in Sables | Extant at Museum of Modern Art, New York City |
| November 21, 1925 | Rose of the World | Lost Film |
| November 28, 1925 | The Clash of the Wolves | Extant with several archival holdings |
| December 5, 1925 | Three Weeks in Paris | Lost Film |
| December 12, 1925 | Hogan's Alley | Extant in an Incomplete/Abridged Print |
| December 19, 1925 | Pleasure Buyers | Extant at Museum of Modern Art, New York City |
| December 26, 1925 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Extant with many archival holdings |
1926
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 1926 | The Fighting Edge | Lost Film |
| January 15, 1926 | His Jazz Bride | Lost Film |
| The Sea Beast | Extant in many archival copies. Warners' most expensive film to date with a cost of $503,000 but also the highest grossing film to date surpassing School Days with worldwide rentals of $938,000 | |
| January 22, 1926 | The Man Upstairs | Lost Film |
| January 30, 1926 | The Golden Cocoon | Lost Film |
| February 6, 1926 | The Caveman | survives, incomplete with only one reel missing |
| February 13, 1926 | The Love Toy | Lost Film |
| February 20, 1926 | Bride of the Storm | Lost Film |
| February 27, 1926 | The Night Cry | Extant in many archival copies |
| March 1, 1926 | Why Girls Go Back Home | Lost Film |
| March 6, 1926 | The Little Irish Girl | Lost Film |
| March 7, 1926 | Oh! What a Nurse! | Extant in many archival copies |
| March 13, 1926 | The Gilded Highway | Lost Film |
| March 17, 1926 | Other Women's Husbands | Lost Film |
| March 20, 1926 | The Sap | Lost Film |
| May 1, 1926 | Hell-Bent for Heaven | Lost Film |
| May 14, 1926 | Silken Shackles | Lost Film |
| May 15, 1926 | The Social Highwayman | Extant at Cineteca Italiana, Milan, Italy |
| June 19, 1926 | Footloose Widows | Extant at Library of Congress |
| July 10, 1926 | The Passionate Quest | Extant at Library of Congress and Filmmuseum Nederland (EYE Institut) |
| July 24, 1926 | A Hero of the Big Snows | Extant in many archival copies |
| July 31, 1926 | So This Is Paris | Extant |
| August 6, 1926 | Don Juan | Synchronized sound film Extant in many archival copies Warners' most expensive film to date with a cost of $546,000 but also the highest grossing film to date surpassing The Sea Beast with worldwide rentals of $1,693,000 |
| August 14, 1926 | Broken Hearts of Hollywood | Synchronized sound film Extant at Library of Congress & Academy Film Archive (Beverly Hills) |
| September 2, 1926 | The Honeymoon Express | Lost Film |
| October 1, 1926 | Millionaires | Lost Film |
| October 2, 1926 | Across the Pacific | Lost Film |
| October 16, 1926 | My Official Wife | Lost Film |
| October 23, 1926 | The Better 'Ole | Synchronized sound film Extant, several archival copies |
| October 30, 1926 | Private Izzy Murphy | Lost Film |
| November 27, 1926 | While London Sleeps | Lost Film |
| December 1, 1926 | The Third Degree | Extant at Library of Congress & Wisconsin Center For Film and Theater Research |
1927
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 8, 1927 | Finger Prints | Lost Film |
| January 15, 1927 | Wolf's Clothing | Lost Film |
| January 18, 1927 | The Fortune Hunter | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| January 22, 1927 | Don't Tell the Wife | Lost Film |
| February 19, 1927 | Hills of Kentucky | Extant In Incomplete Kodascope Copy |
| 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 sound film Lost Film |
| April 30, 1927 | The Brute | Lost Film |
| May 7, 1927 | Tracked by the Police | Extant at Library of Congress and the George Eastman House |
| May 14, 1927 | The Climbers | Lost Film |
| May 21, 1927 | Irish Hearts | Lost Film |
| May 22, 1927 | The Missing Link | Synchronized sound film Extant in several archival copies |
| May 28, 1927 | A Million Bid | Extant at Library of Congress |
| June 1, 1927 | Simple Sis | Lost Film |
| June 4, 1927 | The Black Diamond Express | Lost Film |
| June 18, 1927 | Dearie | Lost Film |
| June 25, 1927 | What Happened to Father? | Lost Film |
| July 23, 1927 | The Heart of Maryland | Incomplete |
| August 20, 1927 | The Bush Leaguer | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| August 21, 1927 | When a Man Loves | Synchronized sound film Extant at George Eastman House & Filmoteca Española (Madrid) |
| August 27, 1927 | The Desired Woman | Lost Film |
| September 3, 1927 | Slightly Used | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| September 4, 1927 | Old San Francisco | Synchronized sound film Extant at George Eastman House & Library of Congress |
| September 10, 1927 | Jaws of Steel | Synchronized sound film Extant at Filmmuseum Nederlands (EYE Institute) |
| September 17, 1927 | One-Round Hogan | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| September 18, 1927 | The First Auto | Synchronized sound film Extamt at Library of Congress |
| September 24, 1927 | A Sailor's Sweetheart | Synchronized sound film Extant at BFI National Film and Television |
| October 6, 1927 | The Jazz Singer | First Part-Talkie sound feature film Extant in many archival copies Warners' highest grossing film to date with worldwide rentals of $2,625,000 |
| October 8, 1927 | Sailor Izzy Murphy | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| October 15, 1927 | The College Widow | Lost Film |
| October 22, 1927 | A Reno Divorce | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| October 29, 1927 | A Dog of the Regiment | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| November 5, 1927 | Good Time Charley | Synchronized sound film Extant |
| November 12, 1927 | The Silver Slave | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| November 19, 1927 | The Girl from Chicago | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| November 26, 1927 | Ginsberg the Great | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| December 3, 1927 | Brass Knuckles | Synchronized sound film Extant at Cineteca Nazionale, Rome |
| December 17, 1927 | If I Were Single | Synchronized sound film Extant at BFI National Film and Television Archive |
| December 24, 1927 | Ham and Eggs at the Front | Synchronized sound film Extant |
| December 31, 1927 | Husbands for Rent | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
1928
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 14, 1928 | Beware of Married Men | Synchronized sound film Incomplete fragment of one reel survives at UCLA |
| January 28, 1928 | A Race for Life | Synchronized sound film Extant |
| February 11, 1928 | The Little Snob | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| February 25, 1928 | Across the Atlantic | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| March 10, 1928 | Powder My Back | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| March 14, 1928 | Tenderloin | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| March 28, 1928 | Domestic Troubles | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| April 7, 1928 | The Crimson City | Synchronized sound film Extant |
| April 21, 1928 | Rinty of the Desert | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| April 26, 1928 | Glorious Betsy | Part-Talkie sound film Extant |
| May 12, 1928 | Pay as You Enter | Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| May 21, 1928 | The Lion and the Mouse | Part-Talkie sound film Extant |
| May 26, 1928 | Five and Ten Cent Annie | Part-Talkie sound film Extant at BFI |
| July 18, 1928 | Lights of New York | First All-Talking sound feature film Extant |
| August 11, 1928 | Women They Talk About | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| August 25, 1928 | Caught in the Fog | Part-Talkie sound film Extant at BFI |
| August 25, 1928 | State Street Sadie | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| September 1, 1928 | The Midnight Taxi | Part-Talkie sound film Extant at BFI |
| September 6, 1928 | The Terror | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| September 9, 1928 | Night Watch | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant First National becomes a subsidiary of Warner Bros. from this point. |
| September 16, 1928 | Waterfront | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| September 16, 1928 | The Whip | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| September 19, 1928 | The Singing Fool | Part-Talkie sound film Extant Warners' highest grossing film to date ($5,916,000) |
| September 23, 1928 | Show Girl | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| October 7, 1928 | The Crash | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| October 14, 1928 | Do Your Duty | First National Production Lost Film |
| October 18, 1928 | Land of the Silver Fox | Part-Talkie sound film Extant at George Eastman |
| October 18, 1928 | Lilac Time | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| October 21, 1928 | Companionate Marriage | First National Production Lost Film |
| October 27, 1928 | Beware of Bachelors | Part-Talkie sound film Extant at the Library of Congress |
| September 9, 1928 | The Glorious Trail | First National Production Lost Film |
| November 1, 1928 | Noah's Ark | Part-Talkie sound film Extant Warners' first film to cost over $1 million. |
| November 3, 1928 | The Home Towners | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| November 4, 1928 | The Haunted House | First National Production Synchronized sound film Unclear Status |
| November 11, 1928 | Outcast | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| December 1, 1928 | On Trial | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| December 2, 1928 | Adoration | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| December 8, 1928 | The Little Wildcat | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| December 9, 1928 | The Barker | Part-Talkie sound film Extant at Museum of Modern Art |
| December 15, 1928 | My Man | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| December 16, 1928 | Night Watch | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| December 22, 1928 | Conquest | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| December 23, 1928 | The Phantom City | First National Production Lost Film |
| December 26, 1928 | The Ware Case | First National Production Extant Produced In The United Kingdom |
| December 29, 1928 | Scarlet Seas | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
1929
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 1929 | Synthetic Sin | First National Production Synchronized sound film |
| January 12, 1929 | Cheyenne | First National Production Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| January 26, 1929 | Fancy Baggage | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| January 27, 1929 | Seven Footprints to Satan | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| February 2, 1929 | Stark Mad | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| February 3, 1929 | His Captive Woman | First National Production Part-Talkie sound film Extant |
| February 9, 1929 | The Greyhound Limited | Part-Talkie sound film Extant |
| The Million Dollar Collar | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film | |
| February 10, 1929 | Weary River | First National Production Part-Talkie sound film Extant |
| February 16, 1929 | The Redeeming Sin | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| February 17, 1929 | The Lawless Legion | First National Production Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| The Royal Rider | First National Production Synchronized sound film Lost Film | |
| February 23, 1929 | Stolen Kisses | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| February 28, 1929 | Why Be Good? | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| March 3, 1929 | Children of the Ritz | First National Production Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| March 10, 1929 | Saturday's Children | First National Production Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| March 16, 1929 | One Stolen Night | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| March 23, 1929 | Kid Gloves | Part-Talkie sound film Extant at GEH |
| March 24, 1929 | Queen of the Night Clubs | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| March 24, 1929 | Love and the Devil | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| March 30, 1929 | Hardboiled Rose | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| March 31, 1929 | The Divine Lady | First National Production Synchronized sound film Extant |
| April 6, 1929 | No Defense | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| April 8, 1929 | The Desert Song | All-Talking sound film Technicolor Sequences Extant Warner's first feature with color sequences. |
| April 18, 1929 | Sonny Boy | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| April 20, 1929 | Frozen River | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| April 27, 1929 | From Headquarters | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| April 28, 1929 | House of Horror | First National Production Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| May 4, 1929 | Glad Rag Doll | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| May 5, 1929 | Hot Stuff | First National Production Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| May 9, 1929 | The Squall | First National Production All-Talking sound film Extant |
| May 12, 1929 | Two Weeks Off | First National Production Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| May 19, 1929 | Prisoners | First National Production Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| May 23, 1929 | The Flying Scotsman | Part-Talkie sound film Produced by British International Pictures and WB British |
| June 2, 1929 | Careers | First National Production All-Talking sound film Extant |
| June 22, 1929 | Madonna of Avenue A | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| June 23, 1929 | The Girl in the Glass Cage | First National Production Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| June 29, 1929 | The Gamblers | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| June 30, 1929 | Broadway Babies | First National Production All-Talking sound film Extant |
| July 7, 1929 | The Man and the Moment | First National Production Part-Talkie sound film Extant |
| July 8, 1929 | The Time, the Place and the Girl | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| July 13, 1929 | On with the Show! | All-Talking sound film All Technicolor Warner's first all-color feature film |
| July 14, 1929 | Twin Beds | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| July 21, 1929 | Drag | First National Production All-Talking sound film Extant |
| July 28, 1929 | Smiling Irish Eyes | First National Production All-Talking sound film TechnicolorSequences Lost Film |
| August 4, 1929 | Hard to Get | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| August 7, 1929 | The California Mail | First National Production Synchronized sound film Lost Film |
| August 10, 1929 | The Hottentot | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| August 11, 1929 | Dark Streets | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| August 17, 1929 | The Argyle Case | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| August 24, 1929 | Say It with Songs | All-Talking sound film Extant |
| August 25, 1929 | Her Private Life | First National Production All-Talking sound film Extant |
| August 30, 1929 | Gold Diggers of Broadway | All-Talking sound film All Technicolor Mostly Lost; 2 incomplete Reels and Fragments |
| August 31, 1929 | Honky Tonk | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| In the Headlines | All-Talking sound film Lost Film | |
| September 1, 1929 | Fast Life | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| September 7, 1929 | Skin Deep | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| September 14, 1929 | Hearts in Exile | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| September 15, 1929 | The Careless Age | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| The Great Divide | First National Production All-Talking sound film Extant | |
| September 22, 1929 | A Most Immoral Lady | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| October 16, 1929 | The Isle of Lost Ships | First National Production All-Talking sound film Extant |
| October 17, 1929 | So Long Letty | All-Talking sound film Extant |
| October 19, 1929 | Is Everybody Happy? | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| October 20, 1929 | Young Nowheres | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| October 27, 1929 | The Girl from Woolworth's | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| November 1, 1929 | Disraeli | All-Talking sound film Extant Academy Award nominee for Best Picture |
| November 7, 1929 | Paris | First National Production All-Talking sound film Technicolor Sequences Lost Film |
| November 8, 1929 | Footlights and Fools | First National Production All-Talking sound film Technicolor Sequences Lost Film |
| November 9, 1929 | The Sap | Part-Talkie sound film Lost Film |
| November 10, 1929 | The Forward Pass | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| November 17, 1929 | Little Johnny Jones | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| November 24, 1929 | The Sacred Flame | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| December 1, 1929 | The Painted Angel | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| December 3, 1929 | General Crack | All-Talking sound film Technicolor Sequences Extant except for color sequences. |
| December 5, 1929 | Evidence | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| December 8, 1929 | The Love Racket | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| December 14, 1929 | The Aviator | All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| December 21, 1929 | Tiger Rose | All-Talking sound film Extant |
| December 23, 1929 | Sally | First National Production All-Talking sound film All Technicolor Extant |
| December 29, 1929 | Wedding Rings | First National Production All-Talking sound film Lost Film |
| December 29, 1929 | The Show of Shows | All-Talking sound film Part Technicolor Extant |
See also
- List of New Line Cinema films
- List of films based on DC Comics
- List of Warner Bros. theatrical animated feature films
- Category:Lists of films by studio
References
- ^ Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15: 55–73. doi:10.1080/01439689500260031.
- "Night Cry". lcweb2.loc.gov. 19 September 2018.
- Oh, What A Nurse; Library of Congress Database
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