The Farmer's Wife (1928)

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Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Technical Information 3 DVD Recommendations 4 Recent DVD Releases 4.1 released in 2008 4.2 released in 2007 5 See Also... 6 Image Gallery 7 Film Frames 8 Themes 9 Cast and Crew

[edit] Synopsis

Farmer Sweetland is a lonely old widower. He is determined to marry again and he enlists the help of his housekeeper Minta to pick a wife from the local single women. (© IMDB)

[edit] Technical Information

• black & white
• sound mix: silent, with English intertitles
• aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• running time: 97 minutes
• production studio: British International Pictures

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[edit] Recent DVD Releases

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[edit] released in 2008

Laquelle des Trois (1928) / Manxman (1929) - Studio Canal (France, 2008) R2 PAL 1.33:1

[edit] released in 2007

The Farmer's Wife (1928) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007) - part of a box set R2 PAL 1.33:1

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[edit] See Also...

For further relevant information about this film, see also...

• 1000 Frames of The Farmer's Wife (1928)
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• Web links to information, articles, reviews, etc

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[edit] Film Frames

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[edit] Cast and Crew

Directed by:

• Alfred Hitchcock
• Frank Mills - assistant director

Starring:

• Jameson Thomas - Samuel Sweetland
• Lillian Hall-Davis - His Housekeeper, Araminta Dench
• Gordon Harker - His Handyman, Churdles Ash
• Gibb McLaughlin - Henry Coaker
• Maud Gill - Thirza Tapper
• Louie Pounds - Widow Windeatt
• Olga Slade - Mary Hearn, Postmistress
• Ruth Maitland - Mercy Bassett
• Antonia Brough - Susan
• Haward Watts - Dick Coaker
• Mollie Ellis - Sibley "Tibby" Sweetland (uncredited)

Written by:

• Eden Phillpots - original play
• Eliot Stannard - adaptation
• Leslie Arliss (uncredited)
• Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited)
• J E Hunter (uncredited)
• Norman Lee (uncredited)

Photographed by:

• Jack E Cox

Edited by:

• Alfred Booth

Art Direction by:

• C Wilfred Arnold

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