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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 |
Storyline
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
Basil Sydney |
Samuel Sweetland |
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Wilfrid Lawson |
Churdles Ash |
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Nora Swinburne |
Araminta Grey |
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Patricia Roc |
Sibley |
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Michael Wilding |
Richard Coaker |
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Bunty Payne |
Petronell |
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Enid Stamp-Taylor |
Mary Hearne |
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Betty Warren |
Louisa Windeatt |
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Viola Lyel |
Thirza Tapper |
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Edward Rigby |
Tom Gurney |
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Kenneth Griffith |
George Smerdon |
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A. Bromley Davenport |
Henry Coaker |
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Jimmy Godden |
Sergeant |
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Gilbert Gunn |
Pianist |
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James Harcourt |
Valiant Dunnybrigg |
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Mark Daly |
P. C. Chave |
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Davina Whitehouse |
Susie |
Directed By
Norman Lee |
Director |
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Leslie Arliss |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Leslie Arliss |
Writer |
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Eden Phillpotts |
Theatre Play |
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J.E. Hunter |
Writer |
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Norman Lee |
Writer |
Production Crew
Walter C. Mycroft |
Production Director |
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Hamilton G. Inglis |
Production Manager |
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Edited By
Flora Newton |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Sound
Guy Jones |
Music |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Claude Friese-Greene |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Art Department
J. Charles Gilbert |
Settings |
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Other Crew
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