The Miracle Man
(1919) American
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by George Loane Tucker

Cast: Thomas Meighan [Tom Burke], Betty Compson [Rose], Joseph J. Dowling [the patriarch], Lon Chaney [‘The Frog’], J.M. Dumont [the dope], W. Lawson Butt [Richard King], Elinor Fair [Claire King], F.A. Turner [Mr. Higgins], Lucille Hutton [Ruth Higgins], Frankie Lee

Mayflower Photoplay Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [Paramount-Artcraft Pictures]. / Produced by George Loane Tucker. Scenario by George Loane Tucker, from the play adaptation The Miracle Man by George M. Cohan of the novel “The Miracle Man” by Frank L. Packard. Assistant director Chester L. Roberts. Cinematography by Philip Rosen and Ernest Palmer. Art titles (intertitles artwork) by Ferdinand Pinney Earle. / © 9 August 1919 by Mayflower Photoplay Corporation [LP14072]. Invitation preview 26 August 1919 in New York, New York. Released 14 September 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost : approximately three minutes of footage survives.

Keywords: Children - Crime: Fraud - Deaf persons - Miracles

Listing updated: 20 September 2007.

References: Baer-Film p. 65; Bardèche-History p. 201; Bohn-Light p. 78; Brownlow-Parade p. 510; Edmonds-BigU pp. 36, 83, 97, 109, 112; Everson-American pp. 63, 146, 297, 323, 370; Fell-History p. 86; Lahue-Collecting p. 62; Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 47, 51, 150, 151; Manchel-Terrors p. 45; Marrero-Vintage p. 20; Parish-Gangster p. 33; Ramsaye-Million p. 134; Schuchman-Hollywood pp. 32, 32a, 110; Spehr-American p. 100; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 305; Thompson-Lost pp. xix, xx; Weaver-Twenty p. 76; Weinberg-Stroheim p. xi : Website-AFI.