The Farmer's Wife
Release Date: 1941-04-20
Overview: Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version was directed by Leslie Arliss, son of stage star George Arliss. The story remained the same: A middle-aged widower attempts to select a wife from his rural district's eligible females (Basil Sydney). Three unsuccessful dalliances later, the farmer settles for his housekeeper, whom the audience has been rooting for all along. The Farmer's Wife is a prime example of the sort of fare that struck a proper chord with British filmgoers, but whose appeal would be lost to any other nationality.
Rating: 6 / 10
Cast
Basil Sydney
as Samuel Sweetland
Wilfrid Lawson
as Churdles Ash
Nora Swinburne
as Araminta Grey
Patricia Roc
as Sibley
Michael Wilding
as Richard Coaker
Crew
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Flora Newton - Editor
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Guy Jones - Music
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J. Charles Gilbert - Settings
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Walter C. Mycroft - Production Director
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Claude Friese-Greene - Director of Photography
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