
The Village Blacksmith 1922
"It Will Surely Carry You Back To Your Childhood Days"
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 ot
Director: John Ford
Cast

Will Walling
John Hammond

Virginia True Boardman
Mrs. John Hammond

Virginia Valli
Alice Hammond
Ida Mae McKenzie
Alice as a Child

David Butler
Bill Hammond

Gordon Griffith
Bill as a Child

George Hackathorne
Johnnie Hammond

Pat Moore
Johnnie as a Child

Tully Marshall
Squire Ezra Brigham

Ralph Yearsley
Anson Brigham