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The Farmer's Wife (1928)

129 min · Komödie, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy, silent film

Popularity3.5/5
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Directors

Alfred Hitchcock

Cast

Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker, Maud Gill, Gibb McLaughlin, Ruth Maitland, Louie Pounds, Olga Slade, Mollie Ellis, Haward Watts, Antonia Brough

The story

thumb|thumbtime=5|The Farmer's Wife (1928) Tibby, the wife of Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas) dies, and shortly afterwards his daughter marries and leaves home, leaving him on his own with his two servants. His wife had told him that he should remarry after her death, so he pursues some local spinsters who were at his daughter's wedding after he and his housekeeper Minta (Lillian Hall-Davis) make out a list of possibilities. First is Widow Louisa Windeatt, but Sweetland is shocked and angry when she rejects his advances and says she is too independent for him.

Catalogue themes and tags

Affection, Household, Housekeeper, Looking for Love, Lovestory, New Woman, Peasant, Reicher Witwer, True Love, Silent film, Indie, Black-and-white, Drama, Comedy, Romance Film

Genres

Komödie, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy, romantic comedy, silent film

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