The Farmer's Wife
movie
Released April 20, 1941
Genres:
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.
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
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Bunty Payne
as
Petronell
Enid Stamp-Taylor
as
Mary Hearne
Betty Warren
as
Louisa Windeatt
Viola Lyel
as
Thirza Tapper
Edward Rigby
as
Tom Gurney
Kenneth Griffith
as
George Smerdon
A. Bromley Davenport
as
Henry Coaker
Crew
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Flora Newton
as
Editor
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Guy Jones
as
Music
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J. Charles Gilbert
as
Settings
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Walter C. Mycroft
as
Production Director
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Claude Friese-Greene
as
Director of Photography
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Hamilton G. Inglis
as
Production Manager
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Norman Lee
as
Director
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Leslie Arliss
as
Writer
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Eden Phillpotts
as
Theatre Play
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J.E. Hunter
as
Writer
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Leslie Arliss
as
Director
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Norman Lee
as
Writer