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Auction History Result 5g1008 VILLAGE BLACKSMITH pressbook 1922 directed by John Ford, from Longfellow's famous poem, rare! Date Sold 8/6/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 10" x 13 3/4" [25 x 35 cm]; 16 pages) (Learn More) The Village Blacksmith, the 1923 John Ford (billed as "Jack Ford") silent family relationship romantic melodrama ("A 1923 melodrama founded on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's immortal poem"; VERY loosely based on the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, which begins "Under a spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands", and which countless schoolboys were forced to memorize; about a small town with a village blacksmith who has two sons, one of whom was crippled when falling from a tree, and the town squire, who hates the blacksmith, but who has a pretty daughter that loves one of the blacksmith's sons) starring Will Walling, Virginia True Boardman, Virginia Valli, Ida Mae McKenzie, and David Butler. Note that only one reel from this film still exists! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this pressbook! Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook (if the back cover is not the poster page, we photographed the interior poster page), and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners received pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: good to very good, NO CUTS. The pressbook is complete and uncut. It was folded across the middle. There is a stamp over the middle left of the front cover, with some minor wear around the edges. Learn More about condition grades 
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