Tol'able David (1921)
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Richard Barthelmess stars in this classic silent melodrama as David Kinemon, the youngest son of a family living in a small West Virginia town. While sweet and good-natured, David is not noted for his mature behavior, and his youthful overenthusiasm causes his mother to tell him, "You're… More Richard Barthelmess stars in this classic silent melodrama as David Kinemon, the youngest son of a family living in a small West Virginia town. While sweet and good-natured, David is not noted for his mature behavior, and his youthful overenthusiasm causes his mother to tell him, "You're not quite a man yet -- you're only tol'able." But David is forced to grow up and face responsibilities when a family of outlaws -- Iscah Hatburn (Walter P. Lewis) and his sons Luke (Ernest Torrence) and Little Buzzard (Ralph Yearsley) -- move into town and begin terrorizing the community. The Hatburns' reckless violence causes the death of David's father Hunter (Edmund Gurney) and cripples his brother Alex (Warner Richmond); David is suddenly the head of the family, and he's forced to support his mother and his siblings, take over Alex's mail route, and protect the town from the wrath of the Hatburn Family. Tol'able David was remade as a talkie in 1930 (with Richard Cromwell in the title role), and a clip from the original movie appeared in the classic horror film The Tingler (which is set in part in a theater specializing in silent movies). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Henry King
- Written By
- Edmund Goulding, Joseph Hergesheimer
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 31, 1921 Wide
- Studio
- Universum Film A.G. (UFA)
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Cast
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Richard Barthelmess
as David Kinemon
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Gladys Hulette
as Esther Hatburn
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Walter P. Lewis
as Iscar Hatburn
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Ernest Torrence
as Luke Hatburn
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Ralph Yearsley
as Luke's Brother
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Forrest Robinson
as Grandpa Hatburn
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Lawrence Eddinger
as Sen. Gault
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Edmund Gurney
as Father
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Warner P. Richmond
as Allen Kinemon
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Marion Abbott
as David's Mother
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Harry Hallam
as The Doctor
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Patterson Dial
as Rose Kinemon
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Lassie the Dog
as Racket the dog
