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A Broken Doll
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4594 feet
Directed by Allan Dwan

Cast: Monte Blue [Tommy Dawes], Mary Thurman [Harriet Bundy], Mary Jane Irving [Rosemary], Les Bates [Bill Nyall], Lizette Thorne [Mrs. Nyall], Arthur Millett [Sheriff Hugh Bundy], Jack Riley [Knapp Wyant]

Allan Dwan Productions production; distributed by Associated Producers, Incorporated. / Scenario by Allan Dwan, from the adaptation by Lillian Ducey of the short story “Johnny Cucabod” by Wilbur Hall. Cinematography by Lyman Broening and L.W. O’Connell. / © 27 May 1921 by Allan Dwan Productions [LP16584]. Released 12 June 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [incomplete 35mm positive] and (New Zealand Project collection) [incomplete 35mm positive] (a conflation of the surviving material is expected to result in a complete restoration print of the film).

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 October 2010.

References: Website-AFI : with additional information provided by the National Film Preservation Foundation.