The Village Blacksmith

5.3 / 10

(3 votes)

(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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

11 minutes

Year:

1922

Director:

John Ford

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Company:

Fox Film Corporation

Cast:
Will Walling

John Hammond

Virginia True Boardman

Mrs. John Hammond

Virginia Valli

Alice Hammond

Ida Mae McKenzie

Alice as a Child

David Butler

Bill Hammond

Crew:
John Ford

Director

George Schneiderman

Director of Photography

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Poem

Paul Sloane

Adaptation