Tol'able David (1930 film)

Tol'able David
Scene from the film
Directed by	John G. Blystone
Written by	Benjamin Glazer (screenplay)
Based on	"Tol'able David" by Joseph Hergesheimer
Produced by	Harry Cohn
Starring	Richard Cromwell Noah Beery
Cinematography	Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by	Glen Wheeler
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 15, 1930 (1930-11-15)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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]}

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

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

External links

• Tol'able David at IMDb