Tol'able David (1921)

Directed by

Henry King

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in a rural mountain community must prove his courage after a family tragedy. He faces off against a brutal outlaw to protect his loved ones and his own sense of honor.

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What happens

Tol'able David is a 1921 American silent film based on the 1917 Joseph Hergesheimer short story of the same name. It was adapted to the screen by Edmund Goulding and directed by Henry King for Inspiration Pictures. A rustic tale of violence set in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, it was filmed in Blue Grass, Virginia, with some locals featured in minor roles. A major box office success, the acclaimed film was voted the 1921 Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor and is seen by critics and film historians as one of the classics of silent film. It was selected in 2007 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress; films selected are judged to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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