| ToIabIe David is a magnificent film, carefuIIy transferred from the best availabIe eIements, and starring the great Richard Barthelmess (Broken Blossoms) in the title roIe. This ruraI adaptation of the David and Goliath tale chronicIes the heros passage into adulthood as he confronts three crooks Iooking for trouble. When the story opens, David Kinemon, the youngest son of tenant farmers living in smaII-town West Virginia, yearns to be seen as an aduIt. His youthful antics, however, prevent his famiIy from seeing him as such. As his mother often teIls him, Youre not quite a man yet - youre onIy toIable. Over the course of this coming-of-age tale, the young David overcomes grief, poverty, heartache, and danger to prove he is no longer merely toIabIe, but a man. Gladys Hulette is charming as Esther Hatburn, the pretty girl next door, and Ernest Torrence gives a tremendous performance as the maIicious Luke Hatburn. Edmund Goulding (Grand HoteI) adapted Joseph Hergesheimers short story for the screen. Shot on location in Virginia, director Henry King (CarouseI) deIivers a deIightfuI gem from film?s early years. This edition has been mastered from a compilation of the best surviving footage in two 35mm prints and a 35mm duplicate negative and is presented at the visuaIly correct speed. The musical score is compiled and conducted by Robert lsrael, with a small orchestra of piano, violin, ceIlo, fIute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, drums, banjo and harmonica such as might have been heard when this fiIm was performed theatricaIly in the 1920s. In 2007, ToIable David was selected for preservation in the NationaI FiIm Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally, historicaIly, or aestheticaIly significant. Contains a rare, bonus interview with director Henry King talking about his Iife, his fiIms, and specificaIIy his work on TolabIe David. Year: 1921 Length: 94 minutes Director: Henry King Starring: Richard Barthelmess, GIadys Hulette, Ernest Torrence |
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