Richard Barthelmess and Gladys Hulette.     Frame enlargement: Silent Era low-res collection.

Cast: Richard Barthelmess [David Kinemon], Gladys Hulette [Esther Hatburn], Ernest Torrence [Luke Hatburn], Walter P. Lewis [Iscah Hatburn], Forrest Robinson [Grandpa Hatburn], Laurence Eddinger [Senator Gault], Edmund Gurney [Mr. Kinemon], Warner Richmond [Allen Kinemon], Marion Abbott [Mrs. Kinemon], Ralph Yearsley [Ralph Bausfield], Henry Hallam [doctor], Patterson Dial [Rose Kinemon], Lassie the dog [dog]

Inspiration Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Incorporated. / Scenario by Edmund Goulding + [Henry King], from the short story “Tol’able David” by Joseph Hergesheimer. Cinematography by Henry Cronjager. Edited by Duncan Mansfield. Presented by Charles H. Duell. / © 14 December 1921 [LP17357]. Released 21 November 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The scenario is partially based on an adaptation by D.W. Griffith of the source story. The production was shot on location in Virginia. Torrence’s film debut.

Drama: Rural.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.5753.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive; also in private collections [16mm reduction positives], [8mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Animals: Dogs

Listing updated: 22 July 2006.

References: AFI-F2 n. F2.5753; Bohn-Light pp. xxi, 85, 91, 92, 94; Brownlow-Parade pp. 106-108, 194; Card-Seductive p. 57; Carroll-Matinee p. 119; Everson-American pp. 160, 163, 164, 165, 166, 171, 182c, 200, 323; Fell-History pp. 110-111; Gallagher-Ford p. 452; Katchmer-Eighty pp. 15, 17, 20; Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 25-26, 29; Leish-Cinema p. 53; Limbacher-Feature p. 254; Quirk-Colman p. 86; Sherwood-Best p. xvii; Shipman-Cinema p. 72; Sweeney-Coming pp. 23, 33; Weaver-Twenty p. 452 : AmerCine-199510 p. 100; ClasIm-225 p. 51 : Website-NFPF.

Home Video: DVD.