The Terror (1928 film)

The Terror
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Directed byRoy Del Ruth
Written byHarvey Gates
Joseph Jackson
Based onThe Terror
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck
StarringMay McAvoy
Louise Fazenda
Edward Everett Horton
Alec B. Francis
CinematographyChick McGill[1]
Edited byThomas Pratt
Jack Killifer[1]
Music byLouis Silvers
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • September 6, 1928 (1928-09-06) (Sound version)[2]
  • October 28, 1928 (1928-10-28) (Silent version)[1]
Running time
80 minutes (Sound version)[2]
85 minutes (Silent version)[1] (7,674 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$163,000[3]
Box office$1,464,000 (worldwide rentals)[3]

The Terror is a 1928 American pre-Code horror film[1] written by Harvey Gates and directed by Roy Del Ruth, based on the 1927 play of the same name by Edgar Wallace.[1] It was the second "all-talking"[4] motion picture released by Warner Bros., following Lights of New York. It was also the first all-talking horror film, made using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.[5]

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  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "George Groves Photo-Album #3: The War, Warners & My Fair Lady (1942-76)".
  5. ^ Dirks, Tim "Horror Films" Filmsite.org Retrieved October 28, 2010