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The Village Blacksmith

The Village Blacksmith

★ 5.3/10•1922•1h 20m•NR•Drama•Romance

It Will Surely Carry You Back To Your Childhood Days

(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.

John Ford · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 20m
LanguageEN
Release DateNov 1, 1922

Actors

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

Tully Marshall

Tully Marshall

Squire Ezra Brigham

Ralph Yearsley

Ralph Yearsley

Anson Brigham

Henri De La Garrique

Anson as a Child

Francis Ford

Francis Ford

Asa Martin

Bessie Love

Bessie Love

Rosemary Martin

Helen Field

Rosemary as a Child

Lon Poff

Lon Poff

Gideon Crane

Mark Fenton

Dr. Brewster

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