Tol'able David

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Tol'able David
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Directed by	Henry King
Produced by	Henry King
Written by	Joseph Hergesheimer (novel) Edmund Goulding Henry King
Starring	Richard Barthelmess Gladys Hulette Walter P. Lewis Ernest Torrence
Cinematography	Henry Cronjager
Editing by	W. Duncan Mansfield
Release date(s)	December 31, 1921 (USA)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film (English) intertitles
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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".

[edit] 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

[edit] Other adaptations

Harold Lloyd's The Kid Brother (1927) was a highly-regarded comedy film that used a similar plot. 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.