The year in ages
1927
The movies of 1927, and how old the leads really were when they hit cinemas.
38average lead age in 1927
24Gustav Fröhlich in Metropolis
50H.B. Warner in The King of Kings
36titles of 1927 on record
24lead Metropolis
Gustav Fröhlich was 24
28lead Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
George O'Brien was 28
34lead The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Ivor Novello was 34
Wings
41lead The Jazz Singer
Al Jolson was 41
Napoleon
44lead The Unknown
Lon Chaney was 44
College
7th Heaven
34lead Downhill
Ivor Novello was 34
44lead Underworld
George Bancroft was 44
The Cat and the Canary
It
50lead The King of Kings
H.B. Warner was 50
37lead The Battle of the Century
Stan Laurel was 37
37lead The Second 100 Years
Stan Laurel was 37
37lead Putting Pants on Philip
Stan Laurel was 37
Love
36lead Duck Soup
Stan Laurel was 36
The Scarlet Letter
The Girl with the Hat Box
37lead Do Detectives Think?
Stan Laurel was 37
44lead London After Midnight
Lon Chaney was 44
37lead With Love and Hisses
Stan Laurel was 37
Two Arabian Knights
40lead Sugar Daddies
James Finlayson was 40
The Love of Jeanne Ney
Call of the Cuckoo
37lead Sailors, Beware!
Stan Laurel was 37
Chicago
43lead Mr. Wu
Lon Chaney was 43
37lead Why Girls Love Sailors
Stan Laurel was 37
35lead Love 'Em and Weep
Mae Busch was 35
My Best Girl
Slipping Wives
