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The Village Blacksmith

"It Will Surely Carry You Back To Your Childhood Days"

1922-11-01
5.3
en 11m
DramaRomance
(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.

Director

John Ford

Director of Photography

George Schneiderman

Poem

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Adaptation

Paul Sloane

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Fox Film Corporation