The Village Blacksmith by John Ford
5.30
(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
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
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