''Boomerang Bill'' is an extant 1922 American silent crime melodrama film produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through
Paramount Pictures
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. Adapted from a
Boston Blackie
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short story by Jack Boyle, it was directed by
Tom Terriss
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and stars veteran actor
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931) ...
. It is preserved incomplete at the
Library of Congress
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and
George Eastman House
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.
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Boomerang Bill''
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Cast
*Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931) ...
as Boomerang Bill
*Marguerite Marsh
Marguerite Marsh (April 18, 1888 – December 8, 1925) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1911 and 1923. Early in her career, she was known as Margaret Loveridge.
Biography
Marsh was the el ...
as Annie
*Margaret Seddon
Margaret Seddon (November 18, 1872 – April 17, 1968) was an American stage and film actress.
Biography
She appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1951. Her most memorable role was perhaps as one of The Pixilated Sisters, a come ...
as Annie's Mother
*Frank Shannon
Francis Connolly Shannon (27 July 1874 – 1 February 1959) was an Irish people, Irish actor and writer.
Career
A Stage (theatre), stage actor and silent film pioneer, Shannon made his screen debut in 1913's ''The Artist's Joke''. He la ...
as Terrence O'Malley
*Matthew Betz
Matthew Betz (September 13, 1881 – January 26, 1938) was an American film actor. Betz was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1881. Following an extended career in the U.S. Cavalry, Betz spent eight years in Vaudeville. His first stage play w ...
as Tony the Wop
*Charles Fang
Charles Fang was an American actor and comedian who was active in Hollywood primarily during the silent era. He was active on Broadway from 1930 to 1935. He was known during his time as "the greatest Chinese actor in America."
Biography
Fang w ...
as Chinaman
*Harry Lee as Chinaman
*Miriam Battista
Miriam Battista (July 14, 1912 – December 22, 1980) was an American actress known principally for her early career as a child star in silent films. After gaining notice in Broadway theatre at the age of four, she was cast in films the same y ...
as Chinese Girl
*Helen Kim
Helen Kim (also ''Kim Hwal-lan'', 1899 – 1970) was a South Korean politician, educator, social activist, and feminist. Her pen name was Wuwol(우월;又月). Kim is the founder of the daily Korean newspaper, ''The Korea Times''.
Biograph ...
as Chinese Girl
References
External links
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Period newspaper clipping ''Boomerang Bill''
Lionel Barrymore and Marguerite Marsh in a film scene
(University of Washington, Sayre Collection)
1922 films
American silent feature films
Films based on short fiction
Paramount Pictures films
1922 crime drama films
American black-and-white films
Melodrama films
Boston Blackie films
Films directed by Tom Terriss
1920s American films
Silent American crime drama films
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