The Village Blacksmith
The Village Blacksmith is a 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by John Ford and produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. One of the eight reels survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and therefore the film is considered to be lost. It was loosely adapted from the poem of the same name by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Plot
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.
More details
| author | Paul Sloane |
|---|---|
| director | John Ford |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | injured lightning train accident |
| producer | William Fox |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox |
| publisher | Fox Film Corporation |
| theme | melodrama |