The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife

"The Farmer Takes a Wife" is a 1934 play by Frank B. Elser and Marc Connelly based on the novel "Rome Haul" by Walter D. Edmonds. The play spawned a 1935 comedy film, directed by Victor Fleming and starring Janet Gaynor, which marked the Hollywood debut of Henry Fonda, and a 1953 musical remake with a score by Harold Arlen and Cyril J. Mockridge, directed by Henry Levin and starring Betty Grable, Dale Robertson, Eddie Foy Jr., and Thelma Ritter.

Dan Harrow (Henry Fonda) works along the Erie Canal during the mid-19th century to raise money to buy a farm. While working, he meets Molly Larkins, a beautiful canal boat cook (Janet Gaynor). Although Harrow wants to marry Larkins, she's apprehensive about leaving the exciting canal life for one of a farmer's wife.

The play was well-received upon its opening night on October 30, 1934 at the 46th Street Theatre.

Cast

ee also

*List of United States comedy films

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