Tol'able David

Tol'able David (1921)

Even from the girl he had heard it - "Why, you aint grown up yet David but you're tol'able"

Young David Kinemon is a good-natured, easy-going lad in a mountain village. Circumstances force him to take his brother's place as mail carrier for the community, and this brings him into deadly contact with the vicious Hatburn brothers.

Date of release
1921-12-31
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
Director
Henry King

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Tol'able David
  • Filmed in: Blue Grass

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.

Production

Director King had been born and raised not far away in rural western Virginia and took immense pleasure in scouting locations in preparation for the film.

Joseph Hergesheimer's short story had been optioned by D.W. Griffith who intended Barthelmess as the star of a film version. But, according to film historian William K. Everson, "Griffith was not anxious to film it right away; certainly not so soon after the similar Way Down East, which also starred Barthelmess. Nor could he afford to keep Bathelmess on his payroll at this economic low point in his (Griffith's) career.

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