The Village Blacksmith (1922)
It Will Surely Carry You Back To Your Childhood Days
80 min
(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.
- Release date
- November 1, 1922
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Will Walling as John Hammond
- Virginia True Boardman as Mrs. John Hammond
- Virginia Valli as Alice Hammond
- Ida Mae McKenzie as Alice as a Child
- David Butler as Bill Hammond
- Gordon Griffith as Bill as a Child
- George Hackathorne as Johnnie Hammond
- Pat Moore as Johnnie as a Child
- Tully Marshall as Squire Ezra Brigham
- Ralph Yearsley as Anson Brigham
Crew
- John Ford · Director
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Writer
- Paul Sloane · Writer
- John Ford · Producer
- George Schneiderman · Cinematographer