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Tol'able David

1921 · 94 min · US

Directed by Henry King

A mountain boy takes the mail route after his brother is crippled, and the road runs past the Hatburns. The fight in the cabin, where the boy stops being tolerable, is the scene Pudovkin used to teach acting. Richard Barthelmess, with Ernest Torrence as the worst of the Hatburns, shot in the Virginia hills. Henry King for First National, 1921, from Joseph Hergesheimer, ninety-four minutes.

Drama

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1921 · Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Wikimedia Commons · FM-54; File:Tol'able David (1921).webm; 640x480

Video: Henry King · Credit: YouTube – View/save archived versions on archive.org · Public domain · Source: File page

Cast & Crew

Henry King · DirectorRichard Barthelmess · David KinemonGladys Hulette · Esther Hatburn

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Movies Silently Review ★★★★½
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Tol’able David
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film essay for 'Tol'able David' — Library of Congress

Library of Congress essay on Henry King's coming-of-age drama set in Appalachia with acclaimed cinematography.

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Cast

Principal players
R

Richard Barthelmess

David Kinemon

Gladys Hulette

Gladys Hulette

Esther Hatburn

E

Ernest Torrence

Luke Hatburn

M

Marion Abbott

Mother Kinemon

Forrest Robinson

Forrest Robinson

Grandpa Hatburn

L

Laurence Eddinger

Sen. John Gault

W

Walter P. Lewis

Iscah Hatburn

Ralph Yearsley

Ralph Yearsley

Saul 'Little Buzzard' Hatburn

Warner Richmond

Warner Richmond

Allen Kinemon

Patterson Dial

Patterson Dial

Rose Kinemon

E

Edmund Gurney

Hunter Kinemon

Henry Hallam

Henry Hallam

The Doctor

L

Lassie

Lassie - a dog

Crew

Edmund Goulding

writer

Henry Cronjager

cinematographer

Henry King

writer

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