The Village Blacksmith (1917 film)

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The Village Blacksmith
Directed byArthur Rooke
A.E. Coleby
Based on The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
StarringJanet Alexander
A.E. Coleby
Arthur Rooke
Release date
  • 1917 (1917)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Village Blacksmith is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and A.E. Coleby and starring Rooke, Coleby and Janet Alexander. [1] It is based on the poem The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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  1. "The Village Blacksmith (1917) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2016.