''Broadway Billy'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by

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and starring Billy Sullivan,

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and Jack Herrick. The film was once thought to be lost, but as of February 2021 it was noted by the

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as recently found.

Cast

* Billy Sullivan as Billy Brooks *

as Phyliss Brooks * Jack Herrick as Ace O'Brien * Hazel Howell as Delorai

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1926 films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films 1920s rediscovered films 1920s sports films American black-and-white films American boxing films American silent feature films English-language sports films Films directed by Harry Joe Brown Rayart Pictures films Rediscovered American films Silent American sports films Surviving American silent films {{Sport-film-stub