The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953 film)
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| Directed by | Henry Levin |
| Produced by | Frank P. Rosenberg |
| Written by | Marc Connelly (play) Walter Bullock Sally Benson Joseph Fields |
| Based on | The Farmer Takes a Wife 1934 play by Frank B. Elser Rome Haul 1929 novel by Walter D. Edmonds |
| Starring | Betty Grable Dale Robertson Thelma Ritter |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
| Cinematography | Arthur E. Arling |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time
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81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,150,000 (US)[1] |
The Farmer Takes a Wife is a 1953 Technicolor musical comedy film starring Betty Grable. The picture is a remake of the 1935 film of the same name which starred Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda. Miss Grable and Dale Robertson first joined forces in the movie Call Me Mister (1951).
Plot summary
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. During the 19th century, where Molly Larkin (Betty Grable), the girlfriend of rough-and-tumble canal-boat captain Jotham Klore (John Carroll) she hires mild-mannered farmer Daniel Harrow (Dale Robertson) to work on the boat. Molly and Dan fall in love and marry.[2]
Cast
- Betty Grable as Molly Larkins
- Dale Robertson as Dan Harrow
- Thelma Ritter as Lucy Cashdollar
- John Carroll as Jotham Klore
- Eddie Foy, Jr. as Fortune Friendly
- Charlotte Austin as Pearl Dowd
- Kathleen Crowley as Susanna
- Merry Anders as Hannah
- May Wynn as Eva Gooch
- Nancy Abbate as Little Girl (uncredited)
- Doreen Tracey as Little Girl (uncredited)
Radio adaptation
The Farmer Takes a Wife was presented on Best Plays June 28, 1953. The one-hour adaptation starred John Forsythe and Joan Lorring.[3]
References
- ↑ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
- ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-farmer-takes-a-wife-v16816
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Farmer Takes a Wife at IMDb
- The Farmer Takes a Wife at AllMovie
- The Farmer Takes a Wife at the TCM Movie Database
- The Farmer Takes a Wife at the American Film Institute Catalog
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