Village Tale

Village Tale
Directed by	John Cromwell; Kenny Holmes (assistant)
Produced by	David Hempstead
Written by	Allan Scott
Starring	Randolph Scott; Kay Johnson; Arthur Hohl; Robert Barrat
Music by	Alberto Colombo
Cinematography	Nick Musuraca
Edited by	William Morgan
Production; company	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	May 10, 1935 (US)[1];
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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]

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

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

Footnotes

"Village Tale: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
Canham, 1976 p. 122: Phil Stong novel confirmed here
Canham, 1976 p. 122: Filmography section. The entire plot summary is duplicated here from Canham source.
Durgnat and Simmon, 1988 p. 143

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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[AFI-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