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Tol’able David

Directed by Henry King

To the Last Man

Directed by Henry Hathaway
Live Piano Accompaniment by Yakov Gubanov
Screening on Film

Feuding families provide the focus for this cinematic pairing. Often compared to D.W. Griffith, Henry King was one of the great practitioners of silent melodrama. In Tol’able David, Richard Barthelmess (who produced the film along with King under the banner Inspiration Pictures) stars as a small town West Virginian who is forced by a family of criminals to avenge misdeeds against his father and brother and restore order to their once tranquil community. One of several Paramount-produced Zane Grey adaptations which paired director Henry Hathaway with actor Randolph Scott, To the Last Man tells the tale of a Kentucky farmer who moves his family to the Southwest to avoid an age old feud between clans. Upon his arrival, he quickly becomes embroiled in yet another battle involving the same two families.

PROGRAM

  • Tol’able David

    Directed by Henry King.
    With Richard Barthelmess, Gladys Hulette, Ernest Torrence.
    US, 1921, 35mm, black & white, silent, 80 min.
  • To the Last Man (AKA Law of Vengeance)

    Directed by Henry Hathaway.
    With Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Buster Crabbe.
    US, 1933, 35mm, black & white, 71 min.

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