Tol'able David
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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.[2]
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Directed by | Henry King |
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Based on | "Tol'able David" (1917) by Joseph Hergesheimer |
Produced by | Henry King |
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Cinematography | Henry Cronjager |
Edited by | W. Duncan Mansfield |
Production company | Inspiration Pictures |
Distributed by | Associated First National |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A major box office success, the acclaimed film was voted the 1921 Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor[3] 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".[4][5][6]