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class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">The Gorilla</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Gorilla_1927_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_Gorilla_1927_poster.jpg/220px-The_Gorilla_1927_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_Gorilla_1927_poster.jpg/330px-The_Gorilla_1927_poster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_Gorilla_1927_poster.jpg/440px-The_Gorilla_1927_poster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1933" data-file-height="2928" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Santell" title="Alfred Santell">Alfred Santell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Al Cohn</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_McCarty_(writer)" title="Henry McCarty (writer)">Henry McCarty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Gorilla_(play)" title="The Gorilla (play)"><i>The Gorilla</i></a><br />1925 play<br />by <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Spence_(screenwriter)" title="Ralph Spence (screenwriter)">Ralph Spence</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Asher-Small-Rogers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Murray_(American_actor)" title="Charles Murray (American actor)">Charles Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Kelsey" title="Fred Kelsey">Fred Kelsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Pidgeon" title="Walter Pidgeon">Walter Pidgeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Day" title="Alice Day">Alice Day</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Edeson" title="Arthur Edeson">Arthur Edeson</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/First_National_Pictures" title="First National Pictures">First National Pictures, Inc.</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data">First National Pictures, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>5 November 1927<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1927-11-05</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">72 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States<sup id="cite_ref-afi_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">Silent (English intertitles)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Gorilla</b></i> is an American 1927 silent <a href="/wiki/Mystery_film" title="Mystery film">mystery film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Santell" title="Alfred Santell">Alfred Santell</a> based on the play <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gorilla_(play)" title="The Gorilla (play)">The Gorilla</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Spence_(screenwriter)" title="Ralph Spence (screenwriter)">Ralph Spence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-afi_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It stars <a href="/wiki/Charles_Murray_(American_actor)" title="Charles Murray (American actor)">Charles Murray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Kelsey" title="Fred Kelsey">Fred Kelsey</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Pidgeon" title="Walter Pidgeon">Walter Pidgeon</a>. </p><p>Following the success of Spence's play on Broadway, production on a film adaptation was set to start in March 1927, while principal photography only began in August 1927. <i>The Gorilla</i> premiered in Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio and in St. Louis, Missouri on November 5, 1927. The film received positive reviews from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Tribune" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chicago Tribune">The Chicago Tribune</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Harrison%27s_Reports" title="Harrison's Reports">Harrison's Reports</a></i> while being dismissed by <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. </p><p>The play was adapted again as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gorilla_(1930_film)" title="The Gorilla (1930 film)">The Gorilla</a></i> in 1930 and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gorilla_(1939_film)" title="The Gorilla (1939 film)">The Gorilla</a></i> (1939). Prior to its 2024 restoration and reissue, the 1927 version of the film was considered a <a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">lost film</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gorilla_(1927_film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the film is considered a <a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">lost film</a>, specific details on the plot are not clear.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This plot summary combines details from the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>, the <a href="/wiki/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films" title="AFI Catalog of Feature Films">AFI Catalog of Feature Films</a>, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Harrison%27s_Reports" title="Harrison's Reports">Harrison's Reports</a></i>. Some plot details remain unclear, such as whether the murders are done by a real gorilla or a man in the suit in the story.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mystery surrounds the brutal murder of several persons, with the killer believed to be a gorilla who has murdered Cyrus Townsend, father of Alice, in his home leading to suspicions being put on Arthur Marsden, his secretary and his partner Alice. The circumstances of the murder are similar to the other gorilla killings. As Alice, Marsden and a friend of Townsend with Stevens gather about the library tablem they discover a note that warns them to leave before midnight. At ten minutes to twelve they are terrified by a loud knocking at the door. It turns out to be Garrity and Mulligan, who announce they are detectives sent to solve the mystery. </p><p>They begin to search for the killer, whom they are certain is one of the people present. People suddenly vanish, doors open and shut, strange noises are heard and lights go off and on. Meanwhile, a real gorilla is discovered on the premises. </p><p>A sailor confesses to being the Gorilla, but Marsden, who reveals himself to be a detective, finds that Stevens is the true culprit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gorilla_(1927_film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Murray_(American_actor)" title="Charles Murray (American actor)">Charles Murray</a> as Garrity</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Kelsey" title="Fred Kelsey">Fred Kelsey</a> as Mulligan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Pidgeon" title="Walter Pidgeon">Walter Pidgeon</a> as Stevens</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Day" title="Alice Day">Alice Day</a> as Alice Townsend</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Benedict" title="Brooks Benedict">Brooks Benedict</a> as Reporter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syd_Crossley" title="Syd Crossley">Syd Crossley</a> as Butler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Gillingwater" title="Claude Gillingwater">Claude Gillingwater</a> as Cyrus Townsend</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tully_Marshall" title="Tully Marshall">Tully Marshall</a> as William Townsend</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaston_Glass" title="Gaston Glass">Gaston Glass</a> as Marsden</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Gough_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Gough (actor) (page does not exist)">John Gough</a> as Sailor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aggie_Herring" title="Aggie Herring">Aggie Herring</a> as Cook</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gorilla_(1927_film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gorilla_(1927_film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Gorilla</i> based on the play of the play <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gorilla_(play)" title="The Gorilla (play)">The Gorilla, a Mystery Comedy in Three Acts</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Spence_(screenwriter)" title="Ralph Spence (screenwriter)">Ralph Spence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spencer was previously done work in Broadway for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ziegfeld_Follies" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ziegfeld Follies">The Ziegfeld Follies</a></i> and made a bet with other playwrights over dinner that he could write a play in just three days. Producer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_H._Woods&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al H. Woods (page does not exist)">Al H. Woods</a> overheard this and took him on his bet, leading to Spence writing the play <i>The Gorilla</i> which debuted on Broadway on April 28, 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012238_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012238-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Gorilla</i> was a humorous variation on Broadway plays like <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bat_(play)" title="The Bat (play)">The Bat</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat_and_the_Canary_(play)" title="The Cat and the Canary (play)">The Cat and the Canary</a></i>. It stayed on Broadway for 257 performances while other productions were also productions performed in London, Boston and Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012238_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012238-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 3, 1927, <i>Film Daily</i> announced an adaptation of the play as a film titled <i>The Gorilla</i> as a forthcoming feature from the independent production company Asher-Small-Rogers. Asher-Small-Rogers would produce the film for <a href="/wiki/First_National_Pictures" title="First National Pictures">First National Pictures, Inc.</a>, as the second of their three-picture deal with the company, that started with the film <i>McFadden's Flats</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-afi_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Production_2">Production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gorilla_(1927_film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Initially, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Schofield_(screenwriter)" title="Paul Schofield (screenwriter)">Paul Schofield</a> had been hired to write an adaption but he did not remain with the project.<sup id="cite_ref-afi_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The play was adapted by <a href="/wiki/James_T._O%27Donohoe" title="James T. O'Donohoe">James T. O'Donohoe</a> with a scenario written by Al Cohn and <a href="/wiki/Henry_McCarty_(writer)" title="Henry McCarty (writer)">Henry McCarty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film eliminates the play-within-a-play gimmick and turns the black servant Jefferson into a disdainful British butler portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Syd_Crossley" title="Syd Crossley">Syd Crossley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Santell" title="Alfred Santell">Alfred Santell</a> was announced as the film's director on February 25, 1927 with production scheduled to star in March 1927. Production on the film would then later announced to on May 27, 1927 by <i>Motion Picture News</i> that June 1927 was the star of filming and announced the co-leads being <a href="/wiki/Charles_Murray_(American_actor)" title="Charles Murray (American actor)">Charles Murray</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Sidney" title="George Sidney">George Sidney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-afi_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alice_Day" title="Alice Day">Alice Day</a> received her role that had originally been announced for <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Revier" title="Dorothy Revier">Dorothy Revier</a>. Some of First National's publicity reports still note Revier being on set in error.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012240_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012240-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later, <i>Film Daily</i> again declared that principal photography would be on August 1, 1927, while <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> reported that filming began on August 9, 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-afi_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ape suit in the film was created by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Gemora" title="Charles Gemora">Charles Gemora</a>, it was his first gorilla creation he made which led to a long Hollywood career involving ape suits. Originally, producer Edward Small thought of using a real Gorilla and contracted the person who captured and trained one for the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ringing_Brother_Circus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ringing Brother Circus (page does not exist)">Ringing Brother Circus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gorilla_(1927_film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Gorilla</i> premiered in Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio and in St. Louis, Missouri on November 5, 1927. It later opened in Los Angeles on November 17, 1927 and in New York on November 21, 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-afi_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film was remade as a <a href="/wiki/Sound_film" title="Sound film">sound film</a> by First National in 1930 as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gorilla_(1930_film)" title="The Gorilla (1930 film)">The Gorilla</a></i> (1930) with only <a href="/wiki/Walter_Pidgeon" title="Walter Pidgeon">Walter Pidgeon</a> re-appearing in the film as a different character.<sup id="cite_ref-afi_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1930 one is reportedly more close to the play than the original story.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012240_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012240-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The story was adapted again by 20th Century Fox in 1939 again as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gorilla_(1939_film)" title="The Gorilla (1939 film)">The Gorilla</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Allan_Dwan" title="Allan Dwan">Allan Dwan</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/The_Ritz_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ritz Brothers">The Ritz Brothers</a> .<sup id="cite_ref-afi_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1940s, there were discussions of a fourth version of the film, but nothing came of the project.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012241_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012241-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original 1927 version of the film was long considered a <a href="/wiki/Lost_film" title="Lost film">lost film</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film has been found and was shown at the 2024 San Francisco Silent Film Festival. <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gorilla_(1927_film)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From contemporary reviews, the authors of <i>American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929</i> noted that "most critics felt <i>The Gorilla</i>, in addition to delivering a few scares, largely captured the zaniness of the play."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Tribune" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chicago Tribune">The Chicago Tribune</a></i> stated that the film had splendid acting and direction.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Harrison's Reports</i> reviewer noted that scenes involving the gorilla on the roof would "take one breath away" while "the scenes that show the heroine coming face to face with the gorilla and swooning, being taken by the gorilla in her arms, are other scenes that will stop one's breath completely."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012240_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012240-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> commented "Except in a few serious instances, the story is done in broad comedy. Sets are highly atmospheric. Effective direction by Santell."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorkmanHowarth2016313_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorkmanHowarth2016313-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> opined "Excitement and amusement are linked in [the film] [...] but here are there, this film slumps into horseplay and silly stunts. Very much as if Mack Sennett had turned to Edgar Allan Poe's <i>Murders in the Rue Morgue</i> and decided to adapt it to the screen."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorkmanHowarth2016313_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorkmanHowarth2016313-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some reviewers, such as the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> noted the film's basic premise of an old man killed in a house full of his prospective heirs was not unlike that of <i>The Cat and the Canary</i>, with the newspapers specifically noting that the film was stylistically similar as well, declaring tha "there are some seemingly similar tricks of having the shadows over the building, the play of lights in the windows and odd camera angles."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-6" class="reference"><a 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012237_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012">Soister et al. 2012</a>, p. 237.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-afi-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-afi_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-afi_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-afi_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-afi_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-afi_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-afi_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-afi_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-afi_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.afi.com/Film/9463-THE-GORILLA?sid=5599cd2f-de8e-4dfb-aad7-c99bce8bf52c&sr=6.753264&cp=1&pos=2">"The Gorilla"</a>. <a href="/wiki/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films" title="AFI Catalog of Feature Films">AFI Catalog of Feature Films</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Gorilla&rft.pub=AFI+Catalog+of+Feature+Films&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalog.afi.com%2FFilm%2F9463-THE-GORILLA%3Fsid%3D5599cd2f-de8e-4dfb-aad7-c99bce8bf52c%26sr%3D6.753264%26cp%3D1%26pos%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Gorilla+%281927+film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012239_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012">Soister et al. 2012</a>, p. 239.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012238-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012238_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012238_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012">Soister et al. 2012</a>, p. 238.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012240-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012240_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012240_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012240_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012">Soister et al. 2012</a>, p. 240.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012241-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012241_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012">Soister et al. 2012</a>, p. 241.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://silentfilm.org/event/the-gorilla/">"The Gorilla"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Gorilla&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsilentfilm.org%2Fevent%2Fthe-gorilla%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Gorilla+%281927+film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWorkmanHowarth2016313-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorkmanHowarth2016313_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWorkmanHowarth2016313_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWorkmanHowarth2016">Workman & Howarth 2016</a>, p. 313.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Gorilla_(1927_film)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSoisterNicolellaJoyceLong2012" class="citation book cs1">Soister, John T.; Nicolella, Henry; Joyce, Steve; Long, Harry (2012). <i>American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929</i>. Vol. 1. <a href="/wiki/McFarland_%26_Company,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="McFarland & Company, Inc.">McFarland & Company, Inc.</a> <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-3581-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-3581-4"><bdi>978-0-7864-3581-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+Silent+Horror%2C+Science+Fiction+and+Fantasy+Feature+Films%2C+1913-1929&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Company%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-3581-4&rft.aulast=Soister&rft.aufirst=John+T.&rft.au=Nicolella%2C+Henry&rft.au=Joyce%2C+Steve&rft.au=Long%2C+Harry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Gorilla+%281927+film%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWorkmanHowarth2016" class="citation book cs1">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). <i>Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era</i>. 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0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Who%27s_Your_Neighbor%3F" title="Who's Your Neighbor?">Who's Your Neighbor?</a></i> (1917)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_Lover" title="The Sporting Lover">The Sporting Lover</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cohens_and_Kellys" title="The Cohens and Kellys">The Cohens and Kellys</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Gorilla</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/McFadden%27s_Flats_(1927_film)" title="McFadden's Flats (1927 film)">McFadden's Flats</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ladies%27_Night_in_a_Turkish_Bath" title="Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath">Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cohens_and_the_Kellys_in_Paris" title="The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris">The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Man_(1928_film)" title="My Man (1928 film)">My Man</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Companionate_Marriage" title="Companionate Marriage">Companionate Marriage</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Song_of_Love_(1929_film)" title="Song of Love (1929 film)">Song of Love</a></i> (1929)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Clancy_in_Wall_Street" title="Clancy in Wall Street">Clancy in Wall Street</a></i> (1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Igloo_(1932_film)" title="Igloo (1932 film)">Igloo</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Cover_the_Waterfront" title="I Cover the Waterfront">I Cover the Waterfront</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Palooka_(film)" title="Palooka (film)">Palooka</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo_(1934_film)" title="The Count of Monte Cristo (1934 film)">The Count of Monte Cristo</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Transatlantic_Merry-Go-Round" title="Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round">Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Let_%27Em_Have_It" title="Let 'Em Have It">Let 'Em Have It</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red_Salute_(1935_film)" title="Red Salute (1935 film)">Red Salute</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Melody_Lingers_On_(film)" title="The Melody Lingers On (film)">The Melody Lingers On</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Mohicans_(1936_film)" title="The Last of the Mohicans (1936 film)">The Last of the Mohicans</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bride_Walks_Out" title="The Bride Walks Out">The Bride Walks Out</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Who_Are_About_to_Die" title="We Who Are About to Die">We Who Are About to Die</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sea_Devils_(1937_film)" title="Sea Devils (1937 film)">Sea Devils</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Faces_of_1937" title="New Faces of 1937">New Faces of 1937</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super-Sleuth" title="Super-Sleuth">Super-Sleuth</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Toast_of_New_York" title="The Toast of New York">The Toast of New York</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Duke_of_West_Point" title="The Duke of West Point">The Duke of West Point</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Turf" title="King of the Turf">King of the Turf</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Iron_Mask_(1939_film)" title="The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film)">The Man in the Iron Mask</a></i> (1939)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Son,_My_Son!" title="My Son, My Son!">My Son, My Son!</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Son_of_Monte_Cristo" title="The Son of Monte Cristo">The Son of Monte Cristo</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/South_of_Pago_Pago" title="South of Pago Pago">South of Pago Pago</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kit_Carson_(1940_film)" title="Kit Carson (1940 film)">Kit Carson</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/International_Lady" title="International Lady">International Lady</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Corsican_Brothers_(1941_film)" title="The Corsican Brothers (1941 film)">The Corsican Brothers</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Gentleman_After_Dark" title="A Gentleman After Dark">A Gentleman After Dark</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twin_Beds_(1942_film)" title="Twin Beds (1942 film)">Twin Beds</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Annie_Rooney" title="Miss Annie Rooney">Miss Annie Rooney</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Friendly_Enemies_(1942_film)" title="Friendly Enemies (1942 film)">Friendly Enemies</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Up_in_Mabel%27s_Room_(1944_film)" title="Up in Mabel's Room (1944 film)">Up in Mabel's Room</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abroad_with_Two_Yanks" title="Abroad with Two Yanks">Abroad with Two Yanks</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1945_film)" title="Brewster's Millions (1945 film)">Brewster's Millions</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Getting_Gertie%27s_Garter_(1945_film)" title="Getting Gertie's Garter (1945 film)">Getting Gertie's Garter</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Temptation_(1946_film)" title="Temptation (1946 film)">Temptation</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Monte_Cristo_(1946_film)" title="The Return of Monte Cristo (1946 film)">The Return of Monte Cristo</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/T-Men" title="T-Men">T-Men</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Arrow_(film)" title="The Black Arrow (film)">The Black Arrow</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fuller_Brush_Man" title="The Fuller Brush Man">The Fuller Brush Man</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raw_Deal_(1948_film)" title="Raw Deal (1948 film)">Raw Deal</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Walk_a_Crooked_Mile" title="Walk a Crooked Mile">Walk a Crooked Mile</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Magic_(1949_film)" title="Black Magic (1949 film)">Black Magic</a></i> (1949)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Davy_Crockett,_Indian_Scout" title="Davy Crockett, Indian Scout">Davy Crockett, Indian Scout</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Iroquois_Trail" title="The Iroquois Trail">The Iroquois Trail</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Valentino_(1951_film)" title="Valentino (1951 film)">Valentino</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lorna_Doone_(1951_film)" title="Lorna Doone (1951 film)">Lorna Doone</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Texas_Rangers_(1951_film)" title="The Texas Rangers (1951 film)">The Texas Rangers</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Indian_Uprising_(film)" title="Indian Uprising (film)">Indian Uprising</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scandal_Sheet_(1952_film)" title="Scandal Sheet (1952 film)">Scandal Sheet</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Brigand_(film)" title="The Brigand (film)">The Brigand</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cripple_Creek_(film)" title="Cripple Creek (film)">Cripple Creek</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Confidential" title="Kansas City Confidential">Kansas City Confidential</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bandits_of_Corsica" title="The Bandits of Corsica">The Bandits of Corsica</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_John_Smith_and_Pocahontas" title="Captain John Smith and Pocahontas">Captain John Smith and Pocahontas</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dragon%27s_Gold" title="Dragon's Gold">Dragon's Gold</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gun_Belt_(film)" title="Gun Belt (film)">Gun Belt</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Neanderthal_Man" title="The Neanderthal Man">The Neanderthal Man</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/99_River_Street" title="99 River Street">99 River Street</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Seven_Seas" title="Raiders of the Seven Seas">Raiders of the Seven Seas</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sabre_Jet_(film)" title="Sabre Jet (film)">Sabre Jet</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Steel_Lady" title="The Steel Lady">The Steel Lady</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wicked_Woman_(film)" title="Wicked Woman (film)">Wicked Woman</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Kidd_and_the_Slave_Girl" title="Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl">Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Khyber_Patrol" title="Khyber Patrol">Khyber Patrol</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lone_Gun" title="The Lone Gun">The Lone Gun</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Overland_Pacific" title="Overland Pacific">Overland Pacific</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Treasure_Island_(film)" title="Return to Treasure Island (film)">Return to Treasure Island</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Passage" title="Southwest Passage">Southwest Passage</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Down_Three_Dark_Streets" title="Down Three Dark Streets">Down Three Dark Streets</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Confidential_(film)" title="New York Confidential (film)">New York Confidential</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Street" title="The Naked Street">The Naked Street</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gun_(1955_film)" title="Top Gun (1955 film)">Top Gun</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Comanche_(1956_film)" title="Comanche (1956 film)">Comanche</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gun_Brothers" title="Gun Brothers">Gun Brothers</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UFO_(1956_film)" title="UFO (1956 film)">UFO</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Confidential" title="Chicago Confidential">Chicago Confidential</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/5_Steps_to_Danger" title="5 Steps to Danger">5 Steps to Danger</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gun_Duel_in_Durango" title="Gun Duel in Durango">Gun Duel in Durango</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Iron_Sheriff" title="The Iron Sheriff">The Iron Sheriff</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monkey_on_My_Back_(film)" title="Monkey on My Back (film)">Monkey on My Back</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Curse_of_the_Faceless_Man" title="Curse of the Faceless Man">Curse of the Faceless Man</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Confidential_(1958_film)" title="Hong Kong Confidential (1958 film)">Hong Kong Confidential</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It!_The_Terror_from_Beyond_Space" title="It! The Terror from Beyond Space">It! The Terror from Beyond Space</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Toughest_Gun_in_Tombstone" title="Toughest Gun in Tombstone">Toughest Gun in Tombstone</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Witness_for_the_Prosecution_(1957_film)" title="Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)">Witness for the Prosecution</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Skulls_of_Jonathan_Drake" title="The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake">The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guns,_Girls_and_Gangsters" title="Guns, Girls and Gangsters">Guns, Girls and Gangsters</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inside_the_Mafia" title="Inside the Mafia">Inside the Mafia</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Invisible_Invaders" title="Invisible Invaders">Invisible Invaders</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pier_5,_Havana" title="Pier 5, Havana">Pier 5, Havana</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Riot_in_Juvenile_Prison" title="Riot in Juvenile Prison">Riot in Juvenile Prison</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Solomon_and_Sheba" title="Solomon and Sheba">Solomon and Sheba</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Timbuktu_(1959_film)" title="Timbuktu (1959 film)">Timbuktu</a></i> (1959) (had name removed from credits)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vice_Raid" title="Vice Raid">Vice Raid</a></i> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cage_of_Evil" title="Cage of Evil">Cage of Evil</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Dog%27s_Best_Friend" title="A Dog's Best Friend">A Dog's Best Friend</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gunfighters_of_Abilene" title="Gunfighters of Abilene">Gunfighters of Abilene</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Music_Box_Kid" title="The Music Box Kid">The Music Box Kid</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noose_for_a_Gunman" title="Noose for a Gunman">Noose for a Gunman</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Territory_(film)" title="Oklahoma Territory (film)">Oklahoma Territory</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Came_to_Kill" title="Three Came to Kill">Three Came to Kill</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Walking_Target" title="The Walking Target">The Walking Target</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boy_Who_Caught_a_Crook" title="Boy Who Caught a Crook">Boy Who Caught a Crook</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cat_Burglar" title="The Cat Burglar">The Cat Burglar</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Blood%27s_Coffin" title="Doctor Blood's Coffin">Doctor Blood's Coffin</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Uprising" title="Frontier Uprising">Frontier Uprising</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Five_Guns_to_Tombstone" title="Five Guns to Tombstone">Five Guns to Tombstone</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flight_That_Disappeared" title="The Flight That Disappeared">The Flight That Disappeared</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gambler_Wore_a_Gun" title="The Gambler Wore a Gun">The Gambler Wore a Gun</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gun_Fight_(film)" title="Gun Fight (film)">Gun Fight</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mary_Had_a_Little..." title="Mary Had a Little...">Mary Had a Little...</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bottleneck" title="Operation Bottleneck">Operation Bottleneck</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Police_Dog_Story" title="Police Dog Story">Police Dog Story</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secret_of_Deep_Harbor" title="Secret of Deep Harbor">Secret of Deep Harbor</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Snake_Woman" title="The Snake Woman">The Snake Woman</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_on_a_Spree" title="Three on a Spree">Three on a Spree</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_the_Clock_Strikes" title="When the Clock Strikes">When the Clock Strikes</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_Have_to_Run_Fast" title="You Have to Run Fast">You Have to Run Fast</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Greengage_Summer" title="The Greengage Summer">The Greengage Summer</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1962_film)" title="Beauty and the Beast (1962 film)">Beauty and the Beast</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Clown_and_the_Kid" title="The Clown and the Kid">The Clown and the Kid</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deadly_Duo_(film)" title="Deadly Duo (film)">Deadly Duo</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gun_Street_(film)" title="Gun Street (film)">Gun Street</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Incident_in_an_Alley" title="Incident in an Alley">Incident in an Alley</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jack_the_Giant_Killer_(1962_film)" title="Jack the Giant Killer (1962 film)">Jack the Giant Killer</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saintly_Sinners" title="Saintly Sinners">Saintly Sinners</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London_(1962_film)" title="Tower of London (1962 film)">Tower of London</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diary_of_a_Madman_(film)" title="Diary of a Madman (film)">Diary of a Madman</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Twice-Told_Tales_(film)" title="Twice-Told Tales (film)">Twice Told Tales</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Take_Sweden" title="I'll Take Sweden">I'll Take Sweden</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boy,_Did_I_Get_a_Wrong_Number!" title="Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!">Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frankie_and_Johnny_(1966_film)" title="Frankie and Johnny (1966 film)">Frankie and Johnny</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wicked_Dreams_of_Paula_Schultz" title="The Wicked 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