The Village Blacksmith
(1922) American
B&W : Eight reels / 7540 feet
Directed by Jack Ford (John Ford)

Cast: William Walling [John Hammond], Virginia True Boardman [Hammond’s wife], Virginia Valli [Alice Hammond], Dave Butler [Bill Hammond], George Hackathorne [Johnnie Hammond], Tully Marshall [Ezra Brigham], Ralph Yearsley [Anson Brigham], Francis Ford [Asa Martin], Bessie Love [Rosemary Martin], Mark Fenton [Doctor Brewster], Lon Poff [Gideon Crane], Ida Nan McKenzie [Alice Hammond, as a child], Gordon Griffith [Bill Hammond, as a child], Pat Moore [Johnnie Hammond, as a child], Henri De La Garrique [Anson Brigham, as a child], Helen Field [Rosemary Martin, as a child], Cordelia Callahan [Aunt Hattie], Caroline Rankin [Mrs. Brigham], Eddie Gribbon [the village gossip], Lucille Hutton [a flapper]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Produced by William Fox. Scenario by Paul H. Sloane, from the adaptation by Paul H. Sloane of the poem “The Village Blacksmith” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Cinematography by George Schneiderman. Presented by William Fox. / Premiered 2 November 1922. General release, 1 January 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / [?] Another source lists the film’s release date as 2 November 1922.

Drama: Rural.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost : Incomplete print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive (one reel only).

Keywords: Blacksmiths

Listing updated: 16 December 2008.

References: Sherwood-Best p. 194; Sinclair-Ford pp. 32, 233 : ClasIm-223 p. 8; ClasIm-225 p. C8; ClasIm-240 p. 44 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Tag Gallagher.