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The Farmer's Wife (1928) 6.1
After his daughter weds, a middle-aged widower with a profitable farm decides to remarry but finds choosing a suitable mate a problematic process. Director:Alfred Hitchcock |
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Jameson Thomas | ... | |
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Lillian Hall-Davis | ... |
Araminta Dench, his Housekeeper
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Gordon Harker | ... | |
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Gibb McLaughlin | ... | |
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Maud Gill | ... | |
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Louie Pounds | ... | |
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Olga Slade | ... | |
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Ruth Maitland | ... | |
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Antonia Brough | ... |
Susan
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Haward Watts | ... | |
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Mollie Ellis | ... | |
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Farmer Sweetland is a lonely old widower. He is determined to marry again and he enlists the help of his housekeeper Minta to pick a wife from the local single women. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
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Country:
UKLanguage:
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4 January 1930 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La esposa del granjero See more »Company Credits
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SilentColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Sibley Sweetland: ...and don't forget to air your Master's pants, 'Minta.
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Filmed in 1927, not released until 1928. See more »Goofs
After being rejected by Louisa, Farmer Sweetland's horse changes position in between shots as he mounts it. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Sibley Sweetland: ...and don't forget to air your Master's pants, 'Minta.
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I have both versions, long and short, of "The Farmer's Wife", and they are identical except for the speed at which they were recorded onto tape/DVD. I strongly recommend against the 129-minute version, as it is slower than real-life speed and drags the humor from the film. The shorter version is much funnier and more like Hitchcock, whose films weren't known for their dragginess.
Jameson Thomas, who plays Samuel Sweetland, was at the time of filming a huge star in England. In 1930 he and his wife left England for Hollywood, where he played a few leads in "B" pictures and then settled into a continuous second lead/character groove. He's the doctor at the end of "The Invisible Man" who tells Henry Travers of Claude Rains' demise: "I'm afraid the end will be rather terrible." He also played Mr. Semple, the twitchy false heir, in "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."