Village Tale

 ( 1935 Films ) 

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 Pictures, it was released on May 10, 1935.Canham, 1976 p. 122: Phil Stong novel confirmed here

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Plot “...about a small town and its dramas...described as a series of character studies rather than a plot.”Canham, 1976 p. 122: Filmography section. The entire plot summary is duplicated here from Canham source.

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:

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Cast

• Randolph Scott as T. N. 'Slaughter' Somerville
• Kay Johnson as Janet Stevenson
• Arthur Hohl Elmer Stevenson
• Robert Barrat as Drury Stevenson
• Janet Beecher as Amy Somerville
• Edward Ellis as Old Ike
• Dorothy Burgess as Lulu Stevenson
• Donald Meek as Charlie
• Andy Clyde as Storekeeper
• Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Ben Roberts
• Ray Mayer as Gabby
• T. Roy Barnes as Gozzy Smith
• DeWitt Jennings as Sheriff Ramsey

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Footnotes

• Canham, Kingsley. 1976. The Hollywood Professionals, Volume 5: King Vidor, John Cromwell, Mervyn LeRoy. The Tantivy Press, London.
• Raymond Durgnat and Simmon, Scott. 1988. King Vidor, American. University of California Press, Berkeley.

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