The Village Blacksmith
movie

It Will Surely Carry You Back To Your Childhood Days
Released November 01, 1922
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 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.
Cast

Will Walling
as
John Hammond

Virginia True Boardman
as
Mrs. John Hammond

Virginia Valli
as
Alice Hammond
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Ida Mae McKenzie
as
Alice as a Child

David Butler
as
Bill Hammond

Gordon Griffith
as
Bill as a Child

George Hackathorne
as
Johnnie Hammond

Pat Moore
as
Johnnie as a Child

Tully Marshall
as
Squire Ezra Brigham

Ralph Yearsley
as
Anson Brigham
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Henri De La Garrique
as
Anson as a Child

Francis Ford
as
Asa Martin

