The Village Blacksmith

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.

Main Cast

Will Walling

John Hammond

Age : 59 | Popularity : 3%

Virginia True Boardman

Mrs. John Hammond

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Virginia Valli

Alice Hammond

Age : 70 | Popularity : 5%

Ida Mae McKenzie

Alice as a Child

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

David Butler

Bill Hammond

Age : 84 | Popularity : 11%

Gordon Griffith

Bill as a Child

Age : 51 | Popularity : 3%

George Hackathorne

Johnnie Hammond

Age : 44 | Popularity : 3%

Pat Moore

Johnnie as a Child

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	John Ford
Camera	Director of Photography	George Schneiderman
Writing	Adaptation	Paul Sloane
Crew	Poem	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Department	Role	Name

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