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The Village Blacksmith (1922)

NR ★ 5.3/10 80 min Drama, Romance United States English
Director: John Ford
Adaptation: Paul Sloane
Streaming: Not available
It Will Surely Carry You Back To Your Childhood Days

Description

(survived only 10 minutes) As young men, the squire (Marshall) and the village blacksmith (Walling) are in love with the same woman (Boardman), whom the blacksmith marries. This angers the squire. Years later, the squire's son Anson (Yearsley) dares the blacksmith's son Johnnie (Hackathorne) to climb a tree, from which he falls and is crippled. As adults, Anson and the blacksmith's daughter Alice (Valli) fall in love, which angers the blacksmith, who chastises his daughter. The blacksmith's other son Bill (Butler) returns from college and is injured in a train accident. Anson steals $480 from a church fund which is currently in Alice's possession. Alice is struck by lightning. The blacksmith take Anson and the squire to church where they both repent.

Top Cast

Will Walling
Will Walling John Hammond
Virginia True Boardman
Virginia True Boardman Mrs. John Hammond
Virginia Valli
Virginia Valli Alice Hammond
Ida Mae McKenzie Alice as a Child
David Butler
David Butler Bill Hammond
Gordon Griffith
Gordon Griffith Bill as a Child
George Hackathorne
George Hackathorne Johnnie Hammond
Pat Moore
Pat Moore Johnnie as a Child

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