Tol'able David

Infobox Film
name = Tol'able David


caption = Film poster
director = Henry King
producer = Henry King
writer = Joseph Hergesheimer (novel) Edmund Goulding Henry King
starring = Richard Barthelmess Gladys Hulette Walter P. Lewis Ernest Torrence
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cinematography = Henry Cronjager
editing = W. Duncan Mansfield
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released = December 31, 1921 (USA)
runtime = 99 minutes
country = USA
language = Silent film
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amg_id = 1:50263
imdb_id = 0012763

"Tol'able David" is a 1921 American silent film based on the Joseph Hergesheimer short story. It was adapted to the screen by Edmund Goulding and directed by Henry King for Inspiration Pictures.

A major box office success, the acclaimed film was voted a Photoplay Magazine 1921 "medal of honor" and is seen by critics and viewers as one of the classics of silent film.

In 2007, "Tol'able David" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Cast

*Richard Barthelmess as David Kinemon
*Gladys Hulette as Esther Hatburn
*Walter P. Lewis as Iscah Hatburn
*Ernest Torrence as Luke Hatburn
*Ralph Yearsley as Saul 'Little Buzzard' Hatburn
*Forrest Robinson as Grandpa Hatburn

Other adaptations

*Harold Lloyd's "The Kid Brother" (1927) was a highly-regarded comedy film that used a similar plot, and also featured "Tol'able David" actor Ralph Yearsley. Lloyd said in later years that it was his favourite of his own films.
*The less successful 1930 "talkie" remake was directed by John G. Blystone for Columbia Pictures Corporation and starred Richard Cromwell, Noah Beery, and Joan Peers.

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