Tol'able David (1930 film)

Tol'able David is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Blystone and produced and released by Columbia Pictures. It is a remake of the 1921 silent film Tol'able David, which starred Richard Barthelmess and Ernest Torrence.

The Columbia film stars Richard Cromwell in the Barthelmess part after he won an audition over thousands of hopefuls and Harry Cohn gave him his screen name and a $75/week contract.

It is preserved in the Library of Congress.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Cast

Richard Cromwell as David Kinemon
Noah Beery as Luke Hatburn
Joan Peers as Esther Hatburn
Henry B. Walthall as Amos Hatburn
Tom Keene as Alan Kinemon
Edmund Breese as Hunter Kinemon
Barbara Bedford as Rose Kinemon
Helen Ware as Mrs. Kinemon
Harlan Knight as Iska Hatburn
John Carradine as Buzzard Hatburn (*billed as Peter Richmond)

References

^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress published by The American Film Institute, c. 1978

External links

Tol'able David at IMDb

[1] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c. 1971

[2] Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress published by The American Film Institute, c. 1978

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