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The Farmer's Wife (1941)

The Farmer's Wife (1941)

Drama
Release Date: 1941, April 20
Directors: Leslie Arliss, Norman Lee
Cast: Kenneth Griffith, Nora Swinburne, Davina Whitehouse, Basil Sydney, Michael Wilding, Wilfrid Lawson, Patricia Roc, Betty Warren, Mark Daly, Viola Lyel, Edward Rigby, James Harcourt

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.

Keywords:

husband wife relationship