The Village Blacksmith (1922)

The Village Blacksmith

1922

Drama Romance

Synopsis

(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.

Credits

Director

John Ford

Cast

David Butler as Bill Hammond

George Hackathorne as Johnnie Hammond

Gordon Griffith as Bill as a Child

Ida Mae McKenzie as Alice as a Child

Pat Moore as Johnnie as a Child

Ralph Yearsley as Anson Brigham

Tully Marshall as Squire Ezra Brigham

Virginia True Boardman as Mrs. John Hammond