The Farmer Takes a Wife
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The Farmer Takes a Wife is a 1934 play written by Frank B. Elser and Marc Connelly and based on the novel Rome Haul by Walter D. Edmonds. The play spawned a 1935 comedy film, directed by Victor Fleming, which marked the Hollywood debut of Henry Fonda.
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[edit] Plot
Dan Harrow (Henry Fonda) works along the Erie Canal during the mid-19th century to raise money to buy a farm. While working, he meets Molly Larkins, a beautiful canal boat cook (Janet Gaynor) Harrow wants to marry Larkins, but she's apprehensive about leaving the exciting canal life for one of a farmer's wife.
[edit] Reception
The play was well-received upon its opening night on October 30, 1934 at the 46th Street Theater. Thanks to its success, the film was later produced by 20th Century Fox under the supervision of Winfield Sheehan and direction of film veteran Victor Fleming. While the film adaptation wasn't successful, it launched the career of Henry Fonda (who reprised his stage role for the film).
[edit] Cast
| Film | Play | |
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| Actor | Role | Actor |
| Janet Gaynor | Molly Larkins | June Walker |
| Henry Fonda | Dan Harrow | Henry Fonda |
| Charles Bickford | Jotham Klore | Gibbs Penrose |
| Slim Summerville | Fortune Friendly | Herb Williams |
| Jane Withers | Della | Mary McQuade |
| Andy Devine | Elmer Otway | Charles F. O'Connor |
| Roger Imhof | Sam Weaver | Ralph Riggs |
| Margaret Hamilton | Lucy Gurget | Margaret Hamilton |
| John Qualen | Sol Tinker | Francis Pierlot |
| Kitty Kelly | Ivy | Mabel Kroman |
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| Victor Fleming | |
|---|---|
| 1910s | When the Clouds Roll by (with Theodore Reed) |
| 1920s | The Mollycoddle | Mama's Affair | Woman's Place | The Lane That Had No Turning | Red Hot Romance | Anna Ascends | Dark Secrets | Law of the Lawless | To the Last Man | The Call of the Canyon | Code of the Sea | Empty Hands | The Devil's Cargo | Adventure | A Son of His Father | Lord Jim | The Blind Goddess | Mantrap | The Way of All Flesh | Hula | The Rough Riders | Abie's Irish Rose | The Awakening | The Wolf Song | The Virginian |
| 1930s | Common Clay | Renegades | The Wet Parade | Treasure Island | Reckless | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Captains Courageous | Test Pilot | The Wizard of Oz | Gone with the Wind |
| 1940s | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Tortilla Flat | A Guy Named Joe | Adventure | Joan of Arc |
| Productions | The White Sister (1933) |
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