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The Village Blacksmith

It Will Surely Carry You Back To Your Childhood Days

1922 1 hour 20 minutes
52/100

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(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.

Released

1st November 1922

103 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 20 minutes

Finishes at 6:01am

Ratings and awards

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    5.4/10

  • Rotten Tomatoes Logo

    50%

  • TMDb Logo

    53%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    52%

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Directed by

John Ford

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