The Man Who Came Back (1924 film) explained

The Man Who Came Back
Director:	Emmett J. Flynn
Producer:	William Fox
Based On:	novel by John Fleming Wilson and play The Man Who Came Back by Jules Eckert Goodman c.1916^[1]
Starring:	George O'Brien Dorothy Mackaill
Cinematography:	Lucien Andriot
Distributor:	Fox Film Corporation
Country:	USA
Language:	Silent..English intertitles

The Man Who Came Back is a 1924 silent film drama directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring George O'Brien and Dorothy Mackaill. It was produced and released by Fox Film Corporation.^{[2] [3]}

Fox brought the story to the screen again in 1931 as an early talkie, The Man Who Came Back.

Cast

• George O'Brien - Henry Potter
• Dorothy Mackaill - Marcelle
• Cyril Chadwick - Captain Trevelan
• Ralph Lewis - Thomas Potter
• Emily Fitzroy - Aunt Isabel
• Harvey Clark - Charles Reisling
• Edward Peil, Sr. - Sam Shu Sin
• David Kirby - Gibson
• James Gordon - Captain Gallon
• Walter Wilkinson - Henry Potter (4 years of age)
• Winston Miller - Henry Potter (12 years of age)

Preservation status

• Incomplete or fragment held at Narodni Filmovy Archive and incomplete print at UCLA Film & Television.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/the-man-who-came-back-5780 The Man Who Came Back, on Broadway September 2 1916
2. Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, p.264 c.1953 by Daniel Blum; Doubleday
3. https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/10603?sid=d0878b44-66be-4ae4-8023-bb37e24e7ddc&sr=4.1353846&cp=1&pos= The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Man Who Came Back
4. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3251/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Man Who Came Back
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20141225003106/http://www.thegreatstars.com/lost_film_wanted.htm The Man Who Came Back at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted