The Village Blacksmith

Nov 1, 1922

0h 11m

★ 5.3

It Will Surely Carry You Back To Your Childhood Days

Overview

(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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

John Hammond

Will Walling

Mrs. John Hammond

Virginia True Boardman

Alice Hammond

Virginia Valli

Alice as a Child

Ida Mae McKenzie

Bill Hammond

David Butler

Bill as a Child

Gordon Griffith

Johnnie Hammond

George Hackathorne

Johnnie as a Child

Pat Moore

Squire Ezra Brigham

Tully Marshall

Anson Brigham

Ralph Yearsley

Anson as a Child

Henri De La Garrique

Asa Martin

Francis Ford

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