The Village Blacksmith (1922)
(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 — 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
- Henri De La Garrique — Anson as a Child
- Francis Ford — Asa Martin
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