The Village Blacksmith
“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.
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Cast
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Will Walling
John Hammond
Known for
The Iron Horse
Virginia True Boardman
Mrs. John Hammond
Also in
The Road to Ruin
The Tomboy on Bar Z
John Ford
Also in
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
The Bandit's Wager
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
George Schneiderman
Virginia Valli
Alice Hammond
Known for
The Pleasure Garden
Paul Sloane
Ida Mae McKenzie
Alice as a Child
Also in
You'll Be S'prised
Beat It
David Butler
Bill Hammond
Known for
7th Heaven
Gordon Griffith
Bill as a Child
Known for
Twenty Minutes of Love
George Hackathorne
Johnnie Hammond
Also in
The Last of the Mohicans
Tom Sawyer
Pat Moore
Johnnie as a Child
Known for
The Ten Commandments
John Ford Director · George Schneiderman Cinematographer
United States release November 1, 1922 · Produced in United States
Production
Fox Film Corporation
Production · Distribution
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · November 1, 1922
Theatrical
France
September 5, 1924
Portugal
March 8, 1928
Sweden
November 24, 1924
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