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A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (compare to whitesmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons.
Despite common usage, the person who shoes horses is a farrier (though a blacksmith may fabricate the shoes). Many farriers have carried out both trades, but most modern or engineering smiths do not.
The term "blacksmith" comes from the activity of "forging" iron or the "Black" metal - so named due to the color of the metal after being heated (a key part of the blacksmithing process). The term "forging" means to shape metal by heating and hammering.
Blacksmiths work primarily with wrought iron and steel. The "black" in "blacksmith" refers to the black fire scale, a layer of oxides that forms on the surface of the metal during heating. The word "smith" derives from an old word, "smite" (to hit). Thus, a blacksmith is a person who hits black metal.
Actors: Emily Batty (writer), Emily Batty (writer), Emily Batty (producer), Stuart Adams (actor), Lyndsey Craine (actress), Keir Brown (actor), Matthew Kirke (editor), Matthew Kirke (producer), Matthew Kirke (writer), Matthew Kirke (director), Alice Lockwood (miscellaneous crew), Frank Ryan (actor), Andrew Webb (writer), Andrew Webb (producer), Andrew Webb (producer),
Plot: Hobgoblyn is a supernatural tale, set somewhere in the wilds of the dark ages, which blends drama, suspense and black humour. As a lone stranger arrives in an isolated village, the storm clouds on the horizon herald the return of an ancient evil. Will anyone escape the consequences of their actions before the night is through?
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Short, Thriller,Actors: Armin Mueller-Stahl (actor), Richard E. Grant (actor), Diana Cilliers (costume designer), David Roberson (miscellaneous crew), Gert Uys (miscellaneous crew), David Lister (director), Joy Sapieka (miscellaneous crew), Alida Rubens (miscellaneous crew), Kim Robinson (miscellaneous crew), Ross Garland (producer), Adriaan van Zyl (miscellaneous crew), Kasha Kropinski (actress), Karin van der Laag (actress), J.B. Arthur (composer), Thandi Brewer (writer),
Genres: Drama, Family,Actors: Pauline Hume (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Bergin (actor), Theresa Russell (actress), Robert E. Baruc (producer), Paul Matthews (writer), Paul Matthews (producer), Peter Davies (editor), Strathford Hamilton (director), Richard Harrington (actor), Ifan Huw Dafydd (actor), Elizabeth Matthews (producer), Richard Lynch (actor), Amy J. Moore (producer), Nicholas McGaughey (actor), Ben Heneghan (composer),
Plot: In Wales, around 1800, Catherine Morgan is widowed young, her husband a war casualty whose unpaid gambling debts threaten both the loss of home and farm and destitution for her and her daughters Elen and Emily. Catherine hopes to save them by selling their cattle at a distant market. She must overcome the hardships of the cattle drive across the craggy Welsh countryside as an obsessively infatuated sheriff, whom she does not love, attempts to thwart the drive; and she must work out her insecurities in her relationship to his half-brother, an experienced drover, who helps her on the drive.
Keywords: 19th-century, bastard, british-officer, cattle, cattle-thief, colonel, costume-drama, empire-fashion, family-relationships, hijackActors: Chick Hannan (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Ned Glass (actor), James Griffith (actor), Charles Bickford (actor), Thomas E. Jackson (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Chester Conklin (actor), Victor Adamson (actor), Richard H. Cutting (actor), Tom Fadden (actor), Henry Fonda (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Percy Helton (actor), Kevin McCarthy (actor),
Plot: A naive couple and a child arrive to the town on the way to San Antonio, Texas to buy a farm there. There is a poker game between the richest men in the region. The man cannot resist it and though he is a very bad poker player, enters the game betting all the money of his family. In the climax of the game he suffers a heart-attack. His wife then takes his place in the table. That's the only way of recovering their savings. But there is a little problem. Can anybody explain her how to play poker?
Keywords: bank, banker, blacksmith, card-game, card-playing, cattle-buyer, collateral, compulsive-gambler, con-artist, con-trickActors: Mike Lally (actor), Steve Pendleton (actor), Dick Martin (actor), Jack Kenny (actor), Kermit Maynard (actor), Tom London (actor), Hank Mann (actor), Heinie Conklin (actor), Tom Keene (actor), Tom Kennedy (actor), Leif Erickson (actor), James Gleason (actor), Robert Livingston (actor), Joe Ploski (actor), Ray Jones (actor),
Plot: Dan and Doc are incompetent desperados who plan to give crime one more try before going straight. Miss Amity Babb is the shapely toast of Empty Cup, Colorado who sets prices by Wall Street, never loses at poker, and rules the town (and the sheriff) with a cash register in a velvet glove. When Amity and our two heroes meet, the slapstick burlesque of Western cliches grows ever wilder...
Keywords: cattle, rustlingActors: Jack Tornek (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Tom Smith (actor), J. Carrol Naish (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), John Payne (actor), Jack Perrin (actor), James Griffith (actor), Herman Hack (actor), Foxy Callahan (actor), Ben Johnson (actor), Ray Jones (actor), Jack Low (actor), Kermit Maynard (actor), Ruth Roman (actress),
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Genres: Western,Actors: Trevor Bardette (actor), Emory Parnell (actor), Jim Davis (actor), Bill Elliott (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Jack Montgomery (actor), Paul Fix (actor), Herman Hack (actor), Olin Howland (actor), Michael Jeffers (actor), Edward Keane (actor), Fred Kohler Jr. (actor), Jack Low (actor), Kenneth MacDonald (actor), Stanley Price (actor),
Plot: Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher's mission of building a church. Frustrated in his attempts to get donations, Zeb attempts to capture fugitive Doll Brown in order to obtain the reward. But he finds that there's more to Doll than meets the eye. When his old friend Bucky McLean shows up gunning for Doll, Zeb sees a chance to redeem them all... one way or another.
Keywords: trucolorActors: George M. Carleton (actor), Walter Baldwin (actor), Jimmy Ames (actor), Lloyd Bridges (actor), Roy Butler (actor), Charles Cane (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Russ Conway (actor), Tex Cooper (actor), Howard Duff (actor), Harry Harvey (actor), Jack Ingram (actor), I. Stanford Jolley (actor), Marc Lawrence (actor), Norman Lloyd (actor),
Plot: Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Before long, he attracts the attention of pretty storekeeper Katherine Egan (the sheriff's sister) and that wild frontiers woman, Calamity Jane. Circumstances make Sam richer by a very fast race horse. But his seemingly good luck with horses and women leads him to disaster. Will he be forced into a life of crime?
Keywords: calamity-jane, character-name-in-titleActors: Jack Chefe (actor), Charles Lane (actor), Russell Hicks (actor), John Harmon (actor), Bill Kennedy (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Tristram Coffin (actor), Ben Erway (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), John Gallaudet (actor), Jesse Graves (actor), Reed Hadley (actor), Carey Loftin (actor),
Genres: Drama,