The Village Blacksmith

The Village Blacksmith

80 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 1, 1922

(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.

The Village Blacksmith

80 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 1, 1922

The Village Blacksmith
(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.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Fox Film Corporation
Original title The Village Blacksmith
Directors John Ford
Writers Paul Sloane

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

Henri De La Garrique

as Anson as a Child

Francis Ford

as Asa Martin

Bessie Love

as Rosemary Martin

Helen Field

as Rosemary as a Child

Lon Poff

as Gideon Crane

Mark Fenton

as Dr. Brewster

Cordelia Callahan

as Aunt Hattie

Caroline Rankin

as Squire's Wife

Eddie Gribbon

as The Village Gossip

Lucille Hutton

as Flapper