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The Village Blacksmith (1922)

The Village Blacksmith (1922)

Drama Romance

It Will Surely Carry You Back To Your Childhood Days

Release Date: 1922, November 1
Directors: John Ford
Countries: United States of America
Production: Fox Film Corporation
Cast: George Hackathorne, Eddie Gribbon, Bessie Love, Francis Ford, Ida Mae McKenzie, Tully Marshall, Pat Moore, Mark Fenton, Helen Field, Lon Poff, Caroline Rankin, Virginia True Boardman

Overview:

(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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