Tenderloin (film)

Tenderloin
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Written byEdward T. Lowe Jr.
(scenario, adaptation, dialogue & titles)
Joseph Jackson
(dialogue & titles)
Story by"Melvin Crossman"
(Darryl Zanuck)
StarringDolores Costello
CinematographyHal Mohr
Edited byRalph Dawson
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • March 14, 1928 (1928-03-14) (NYC)
  • March 28, 1928 (1928-03-28) (US)
  • [1] ([1])
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English intertitles
Budget$188,000[2]
Box office$985,000[2]

Tenderloin is a 1928 American sound part-talkie crime film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Dolores Costello.[3] In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects, along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.[4] It was produced and released by Warner Bros. Tenderloin is considered a lost film, with no prints currently known to exist.[5][6][1]

  1. ^ a b Tenderloin at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ "Tenderloin". lcweb2.loc.gov. May 22, 2018.
  4. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Tenderloin at silentera.com
  5. ^ American Film Institute (1971) The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30
  6. ^ "Lost Film Files - Warner". www.silentsaregolden.com.