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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).

The Farmer Takes a Wife
Directed by	Henry Levin
Written by	Marc 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 by	Frank 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
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,150,000 (US)[1]

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

• Betty Grable as Molly Larkins
• Dale Robertson as Dan Harrow
• Thelma Ritter as Lucy Cashdollar
• John Carroll as Jotham Klore
• Eddie Foy, Jr. as Fortune Friendly
• Charlotte Austin as Pearl Dowd
• Kathleen Crowley as Susanna
• Merry Anders as Hannah
• May Wynn as Eva Gooch
• George 'Gabby' Hayes as Uncle Ben
• Nancy Abbate as Little Girl (uncredited)
• Doreen Tracey as Little Girl (uncredited)

Songs

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

• "Can You Spell Schenectady?"
• "The Erie Canal"
• "I Could Cook"
• "I Was Wearin' Horse Shoes"
• "Look Who's Been Dreaming"
• "On The Erie Canal"
• "Somethin' Real Special"
• "Today I Love Everybody"
• "We're Doin' It For The Natives In Jamaica"
• "We're In Business"
• "When I Close My Door"
• "With The Sun Warm Upon Me"
• "Yes!"

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]

References

External links

• The Farmer Takes a Wife at IMDb
• The Farmer Takes a Wife at AllMovie
• The Farmer Takes a Wife at the TCM Movie Database
• The Farmer Takes a Wife at the American Film Institute Catalog

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