The Farmer's Wife
The Farmer's Wife

The Farmer's Wife

6.0

1 hr 21 min

1941-04-20

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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.

Drama

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Characters

Basil Sydney

Basil Sydney

Samuel Sweetland

Wilfrid Lawson

Wilfrid Lawson

Churdles Ash

Nora Swinburne

Nora Swinburne

Araminta Grey

Patricia Roc

Patricia Roc

Sibley

Michael Wilding

Michael Wilding

Richard Coaker

Bunty Payne

Bunty Payne

Petronell

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