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Tol'able David (1921)
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31 December 1921 (USA)
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2 wins
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Fine, if troubling, silent classic
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(Credited cast)| Richard Barthelmess | ... | David Kinemon | |
| Gladys Hulette | ... | Esther Hatburn | |
| Walter P. Lewis | ... | Iscah Hatburn | |
| Ernest Torrence | ... | Luke Hatburn | |
| Ralph Yearsley | ... | Saul 'Little Buzzard' Hatburn | |
| Forrest Robinson | ... | Grandpa Hatburn | |
| Laurence Eddinger | ... | Sen. John Gault | |
| Edmund Gurney | ... | Hunter Kinemon | |
| Warner Richmond | ... | Allen Kinemon | |
| Marion Abbott | ... | Mother Kinemon | |
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| Patterson Dial | ... | Rose Kinemon | |
| Henry Hallam | ... | The doctor | |
| Lassie | ... | Herself (a dog) | |
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99 min
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Portugal:17 (original rating)
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Featured in The Tingler (1959)
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In many ways this silent classic reminded me of what I liked-- and didn't like-- about a much more recent film, Sling Blade. Both are sensitively observed movies that not only depict but genuinely seem to embody the simpler rhythms of country life. And both ultimately end in a way that may satisfy an audience's bloodlust-- but left me somewhat dismayed that the story had taken that turn. (The violence makes the movie seem much more modern than most films of its time.) That said, there's no denying that this was one of the most accomplished movies of its time; Barthelmess's portrait of eager juvenility is beautifully observed and completely charming, and King's handling is quite sophisticated in the way it tells a story through the eyes of a character who is really secondary to the action through the first half or so.