The Farmer's Wife (1941)
1h 21m
Running Time
April 20, 1941Release Date
The Farmer's Wife (1941)
1h 21m
Running Time
April 20, 1941Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Basil Sydney
Samuel Sweetland
Wilfrid Lawson
Churdles Ash
Nora Swinburne
Araminta Grey
Patricia Roc
Sibley
Michael Wilding
Richard Coaker
Bunty Payne
Petronell
Leslie Arliss
Director
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Mary Hearne
Norman Lee
Director
J.E. Hunter
Writer
Betty Warren
Louisa Windeatt
Viola Lyel
Thirza Tapper
Eden Phillpotts
Writer
Edward Rigby
Tom Gurney
Walter C. Mycroft
Producer
Kenneth Griffith
George Smerdon
Details.
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Wiki.
The Farmer's Wife is a 1941 British comedy drama film directed by Norman Lee and Leslie Arliss and starring Basil Sydney, Wilfrid Lawson and Nora Swinburne. It is based on the play The Farmer's Wife by Eden Phillpotts which had previously been adapted by Alfred Hitchcock for a 1928 film of the same name. It was produced by ABPC at Welwyn Studios, at a time when the company's main Elstree Studios had been requisitioned for wartime use. The film is not widely known.