| ~The Miracle Man~ 1919 |
| ~Lon Chaney & Betty Compson~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
| A group of crooks in New York City's Chinatown hear about an old hermit (Joseph J. Dowling) in a small upstate village who's performing miraculous cures. When they find out that the man is blind and deaf, they decide to pay him a visit. The leader, Tom Burke (Thomas Meighan), has his girlfriend Rose (Betty Compson), pose as the hermit's long-lost grand niece. Burke, Rose and the other crooks, the Frog (Lon Chaney) and the Dope, a morphine addict (J. M. Dumont), all become part of the hermit's household. The Frog fakes being a cripple, and the hoodlums figure that when he pretends to be cured, people will pay loads of money -- to the gang -- for the hermit's services. But they find out that the hermit's powers are real. This begins a change in the crooks -- the Dope quits drugs, the Frog is adopted by a gray-haired country lady, and when Rose is courted by a millionaire, she prefers to stay with Burke, who is finally won over by the hermit's faith. This film was based on a play by George M. Cohan, which was adapted from a book by Frank Packard. Plot Synopsis by Janiss Garza, AllMovie.com |
| Directed by: George Loane Tucker Written by: Wid Gunning - titles George Loane Tucker - writer Based on the novel by Robert Hobart Davis and Frank L. Packard the play by George M. Cohan and Robert M. Davis. |
| ~Cast~ Lon Chaney ... The Frog Betty Compson ... Rose Joseph J. Dowling ... The Patriarch J.M. Dumont ... The Dope Elinor Fair ... Claire King Thomas Meighan ... Tom Burke F.A. Turner ... Mr. Higgins Lucille Hutton ... Ruth Higgins Lawson Butt ... Richard King Tula Belle ... (uncredited) T.D. Crittenden ... (uncredited) Kisaburo Kurihara ... The Jap (uncredited) Ruby Lafayette ... (uncredited) Frankie Lee ... Little Boy (uncredited) |
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| ~A88-69: Lon Chaney~ |
| ~Lon Chaney~ |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Production Companies: Mayflower Photoplay Company Paramount Pictures Distribution Company: Paramount Pictures Produced by: George Loane Tucker Music by: Hugo Riesenfeld Cinematography by: Ernest Palmer & Phil Rosen Assistant Directors: Alfred Grasso & Chester L. Roberts Art Titles: Ferdinand P. Earle Length: 8 Reels Runtime: 80 Minutes Released: August 26, 1919 |