The Miracle Man (1919 film)

The Miracle Man
Film poster
Directed byGeorge Loane Tucker
Written byGeorge Loane Tucker (scenario)
Based onThe Miracle Man (play)
by George M. Cohan
Produced byGeorge Loane Tucker
StarringThomas Meighan
Betty Compson
Lon Chaney
Joseph J. Dowling
J.M. Dumont
Lawson Butt(*uncredited)
CinematographyPhilip E. Rosen
Ernest G. Palmer
Music byJacques Grandfi
Harry B. Smith(lyrics)
Production
companies
Distributed byFamous Players–Lasky
Release date
  • August 29, 1919 (1919-08-29)
Running time
8 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget$120,000
Box office$1 million (rentals)[1] or $2 million[2]

The Miracle Man is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Lon Chaney and based on a 1914 play by George M. Cohan, which in turn is based on the novel of the same title by Frank L. Packard. The film was released by Paramount Pictures, directed, produced, and written by George Loane Tucker, and also stars Thomas Meighan and Betty Compson. The film made overnight successes of the three stars, most notably putting Chaney on the map as a character actor.

Paramount remade the film in 1932 also titled The Miracle Man with Hobart Bosworth, Chester Morris, John Wray, and Sylvia Sidney. Today, the majority of the 1919 film is considered lost, with only two fragments, totaling about three minutes, surviving.[3]

Lon Chaney during the production of The Miracle Man.
  1. ^ Quigley Publishing Company "The All Time Best Sellers", International Motion Picture Almanac 1937-38 (1938) p 942 accessed 5 November 2020
  2. ^ "You Never Can Tell". Variety. 4 February 1921. p. 32. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. ^ The Miracle Man (1919) at SilentEra