The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953 film)

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The Farmer Takes a Wife
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Directed by Henry Levin
Written byMarc Connelly (play)
Walter Bullock
Sally Benson
Joseph Fields
Based on The Farmer Takes a Wife
1934 play
by Frank B. Elser
Rome Haul
1929 novel
by Walter D. Edmonds
Produced byFrank P. Rosenberg
Starring Betty Grable
Dale Robertson
Thelma Ritter
Cinematography Arthur E. Arling
Edited by Louis R. Loeffler
Music by Harold Arlen
Dorothy Fields
Orch./Arr.
Cyril J. Mockridge
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • June 12, 1953 (1953-06-12)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,150,000 (US) [1]

The Farmer Takes a Wife is a 1953 Technicolor musical comedy film starring Betty Grable and Dale Robertson. The picture is a remake of the 1935 film of the same name which starred Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda. Grable and Dale Robertson first appeared together in the movie Call Me Mister (1951).

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Plot

During the 19th century, where Molly Larkins (Betty Grable), the girlfriend of rough-and-tumble canal-boat captain Jotham Klore (John Carroll) she hires mild-mannered farmer Daniel Harrow (Dale Robertson) to work on the boat. Molly and Dan fall in love and marry. [2]

Cast

Songs

Harold Arlen & Dorothy Fields composed the following songs for the movie:

Radio adaptation

The Farmer Takes a Wife was presented on Best Plays June 28, 1953. The one-hour adaptation starred John Forsythe and Joan Lorring. [3]

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References

  1. 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
  2. "The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953) - Henry Levin | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  3. Kirby, Walter (June 28, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. The Decatur Daily Review. p. 44. Retrieved July 1, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg