Tol'able David
Live Piano Accompaniment Composed and Performed by Yakov Gubanov
Screening on Film
Screening on Film
Directed by Henry King.
With Richard Barthelmess, Gladys Hulette, Ernest Torrence.
US, 1921, 35mm, black & white, silent, 80 min.
With Richard Barthelmess, Gladys Hulette, Ernest Torrence.
US, 1921, 35mm, black & white, silent, 80 min.
A mild-mannered boy (Barthelmess) takes his brother’s place delivering the mail, and dealing with a trio of heinous criminals who have moved into their rural community. Filmmaker Henry King out-Griffiths Griffith with his deft, exciting editing and cross-cutting. This was a film which, in Moscow, Eisenstein supposedly wore out studying. Leonard Maltin: "Beautifully crafted Americana. The finale is a rip-roaring piece of storytelling."