The Farmer Takes A Wife
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| Initial release | USA |
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| Directors | Victor Fleming |
| Story by | Marc Connelly |
| Walter D. Edmonds | |
| Frank B. Elser | |
| Screenplay | Edwin J. Burke |
| Edward E. Paramore Jr. | |
| Composers | Cyril J. Mockridge |
| R. H. Bassett | |
| David Buttolph | |
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| ID | 1248357 |
About The Farmer Takes A Wife
Despite the rise of the railroads, in the 1850s the Erie Canal is still a major route for transporting goods. Farmer Dan Harrow (Henry Fonda) takes a canal boat job to save money for his own land. Mean-spirited Jotham Klore (Charles Bickford) works on the same vessel with his girlfriend, cook Molly Larkins (Janet Gaynor). Dan and Molly fall for each other, but she fears Dan is a coward. When he refuses to fight Jotham, Molly cancels their engagement, and the farmer must win her back. …
