---
title: 'The Missing Link (1927)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Charles Reisner'
released: '1927-05-06'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-missing-link-1927'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018164/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Missing Link (1927)

1927 · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Missing Link is a 1927 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin, Ruth Hiatt and Tom McGuire. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The title of the film is a reference to the idea of the "missing link" that connects man and the ape. A print exists at the Gosfilmofond film archive.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Charles Reisner](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-reisner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ernö Rapée](https://cinepixo.com/people/erno-rapee)
- **Director of Photography:** [Devereux Jennings](https://cinepixo.com/people/devereux-jennings)

## Cast

- [Sydney Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-chaplin-2)
- [Ruth Hiatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-hiatt)
- [Tom McGuire](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-mcguire)
- [Crauford Kent](https://cinepixo.com/people/crauford-kent)
- [Nick Cogley](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-cogley)
- [Sam Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-baker-2)
- [Otto Fries](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-fries)
- [Kewpie Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/kewpie-morgan)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-missing-link-1927
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