Village Tale

Village Tale is a 1935 American drama film directed by John Cromwell and starring Randolph Scott, Kay Johnson, Arthur Hohl, and Robert Barrat. The screenplay by Allan Scott was adapted from author and scenarist Phil Stong in his 1934 novel of the same name. Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, it was released on May 10, 1935.[2]

Village Tale
Directed byJohn Cromwell
Kenny Holmes (assistant)
Produced byDavid Hempstead
Written byAllan Scott
StarringRandolph Scott
Kay Johnson
Arthur Hohl
Robert Barrat
Music byAlberto Colombo
CinematographyNick Musuraca
Edited byWilliam Morgan
Production
company
Release date
  • May 10, 1935 (1935-05-10) (US)[1]
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

“...about a small town and its dramas...described as a series of character studies rather than a plot.”[3]

Film historians Raymond Durgnat and Scott Simmon offer this brief synopsis of Cromwell’s adaption of novelist Phil Stong’s tale of rural life, starring Randolph Scott as Slaughter Somerville:

“The vicious world of a third Phil Stong film, Village Tale, directed by John Cromwell in 1935, where a passel of the town’s old boys hang around the general store to concoct vengeful schemes they can only carry out as a mob…”[4]

Cast

Footnotes
  1. "Village Tale: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  2. Canham, 1976 p. 122: Phil Stong novel confirmed here
  3. Canham, 1976 p. 122: Filmography section. The entire plot summary is duplicated here from Canham source.
  4. Durgnat and Simmon, 1988 p. 143
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References
  • Canham, Kingsley. 1976. The Hollywood Professionals, Volume 5: King Vidor, John Cromwell, Mervyn LeRoy. The Tantivy Press, London. ISBN 0-498-01689-7
  • Durgnat, Raymond and Simmon, Scott. 1988. King Vidor, American. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 0-520-05798-8


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