The Gorilla (1927)
November 13, 1927Release Date
The Gorilla (1927)
November 13, 1927Release Date

Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Charles Murray
Garrity

Fred Kelsey
Mulligan

Alice Day
Alice Townsend

Tully Marshall
William Townsend

Claude Gillingwater
Cyrus Townsend

Walter Pidgeon
Stevens

Brooks Benedict
Reporter

Syd Crossley
Butler

Gaston Glass
Marsden

Alfred Santell
Director / Producer

John Gough
Sailor

Ralph Spence
Theatre Play

Aggie Herring
Cook

Harry McArthur
Screenplay

Edward Small
Production Manager

Al Boasberg
Writer

Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography

Alfred A. Cohn
Screenplay

Sidney Lazarus
Writer

Russel S. Hoff
Sound Engineer
Media.

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This Movie Is About.
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The Gorilla is an American 1927 silent mystery film directed by Alfred Santell based on the play The Gorilla by Ralph Spence. It stars Charles Murray, Fred Kelsey, and Walter Pidgeon.
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. The Gorilla premiered in Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio and in St. Louis, Missouri on November 5, 1927. The film received positive reviews from The Chicago Tribune, Variety, and Harrison's Reports while being dismissed by The New York Times.
The play was adapted again as The Gorilla in 1930 and The Gorilla (1939). Prior to its 2024 restoration and reissue, the 1927 version of the film was considered a lost film.