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Blundering Blacksmiths
(1917) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Lloyd Hamilton?
Cast: Lloyd Hamilton [Ham], Bud Duncan [Bud], Ethel Teare [the belle of Cobweb Corners], Henry Murdock [Hiram Hardheart]
Kalem Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 23 January 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? It is Sunday in Cobweb Corners. The ring of hammer in our hero’s blacksmith shop is silent. The melody of a hymn steals out of the village church. The village belle is flirting with the simple-hearted smith. It is Monday, and the village belle is plunged in sorrow. Hiram Hardheart demands her hand in marriage. He will foreclose the mortgage. Enter the smith. Exit the villain. Fate opens the way to pay off the mortgage. The smith challenges One Punch Murph. They fight for a purse of $1,000. The village belle in boy’s clothing sits near the ring, to urge her sturdy champion on. Round one. Saved by the bell. Round two. The blacksmith knocks out everybody, including the referee. Hardheart gets the money and the smith gets the girl.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Blacksmiths
Listing updated: 18 November 2022.
References: Kerr-Silent p. 158 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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