Tenderloin (film)

Tenderloin
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Written byEdward T. Lowe Jr.
(scenario, adaptation, dialogue & titles)
Joseph Jackson
(dialogue & titles)
Story by"Melvin Crossman"
(Darryl Zanuck)
StarringDolores Costello
CinematographyHal Mohr
Edited byRalph Dawson
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • March 14, 1928 (1928-03-14) (NYC)
  • March 28, 1928 (1928-03-28) (US)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English intertitles
Budget$188,000
Box office$985,000

Tenderloin is a 1928 American sound part-talkie crime film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring Dolores Costello. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects, along with English intertitles. According to the film review in Variety, about 15 minutes of the total running time featured dialogue. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. It was produced and released by Warner Bros. Tenderloin is considered a lost film, with no prints currently known to exist.