The Boomerang (1919 film)

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The Boomerang
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Directed by Bertram Bracken
Written byFranklyn Hall
Based onThe Boomerang
by William Hamilton Osborne
Produced byNational Film Company
Starring Henry B. Walthall
Nina Byron
CinematographyJoseph Brotherton
Walter Griffin
Distributed byState Rights
Pioneer Film Corp.
Release date
  • May 1919 (1919-05)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Boomerang is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken. It stars Henry B. Walthall, Melbourne MacDowell, and Nina Byron, and is based on the novel of the same name by William Hamilton Osborne. [1] [2]

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Preservation

A print of The Boomerang is preserved in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection. [3]

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