Silent Era Information*Progressive Silent Film List*Lost Films*People*Theatres
Taylorology*Articles*Home Video*Books*Search
 
Pandora's Box BD
 
Silent Era Home Page  >  PSFL  >  Elsie Janis in a Vaudeville Act, “Behind the Lines” (1927)
 
Progressive Silent Film List
A growing source of silent era film information.
This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett.
Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved.
About This Listing

Report Omissions or Errors
in This Listing

 
 
  Elsie Janis (right).
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
 
 
Elsie Janis in a Vaudeville Act, “Behind the Lines,” Assisted by Men’s Chorus of the 107th Regiment
(1927) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Elsie Janis [herself], the Men’s Chorus of the 107th Regiment

The Vitaphone Corporation production; distributed by [?] Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated? / Cinematography by [?] Ed Du Par (Edwin B DuPar)? / Released 5 October 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / Vitaphone production number 0339. / Full-sound film.

Performance.

Synopsis: Elsie Janis performs for a group of World War I soldiers from the back of a truck, accompanied by piano.

Survival status: Print exists [incomplete].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Early sound film - Musical instruments: Pianos - Soldiers - Synchronized sound film - War: World War I (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)

Listing updated: 19 December 2023.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.

 
Silent Era Home Page  >  PSFL  >  Elsie Janis in a Vaudeville Act, “Behind the Lines” (1927)
 
Jazz Singer DVD
Become a Patron of Silent Era

LINKS IN THIS COLUMN
MAY TAKE YOU TO
EXTERNAL WEBSITES

Woman of Paris BD

Merry-Go-Round BD

Behind the Door BD

Oscar Micheaux Collection BD

Little Rascals Vol 1 BD

Beloved Rogue BD

Pandora's Box BD