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The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
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Release Date:
26 March 1947 (USA) moreTagline:
A Gal Who Really Goes To Town ! morePlot:
Katie Holstrom leaves the farm to become a nurse, but is sidetracked into domestic service, romance, and politics. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Katie For Congress moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Loretta Young | ... | Katrin Holstrom | |
| Joseph Cotten | ... | Glenn Morley | |
| Ethel Barrymore | ... | Agatha Morley | |
| Charles Bickford | ... | Joseph Clancy | |
| Rose Hobart | ... | Virginia Thatcher | |
| Rhys Williams | ... | Adolph Petree | |
| Harry Davenport | ... | Agatha's Doctor | |
| Tom Powers | ... | Hy Nordick | |
| William Harrigan | ... | Ward Hughes | |
| Lex Barker | ... | Olaf Holstrom | |
| Harry Shannon | ... | Mr. Holstrom | |
| Keith Andes | ... | Sven Holstrom | |
| Thurston Hall | ... | Wilbur Johnson | |
| Art Baker | ... | Anders Finley | |
| Don Beddoe | ... | Round-faced Campaign Reporter |
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97 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Fun Stuff
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On a cold day, Katrin prepares a drink called glogg for Glenn. Glogg is usually made from claret, aquavit, sugar, cloves, cardamom, orange peel, and raisins. It is ignited before being served. moreSoundtrack:
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The Farmer's Daughter is a disarmingly charming comedy from the late forties featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Loretta Young in the title role, as a farm-girl turned housemaid in a congressman's family who steals her boss's heart. The rest of the cast give nicely tuned performance, with no real hamming from anyone, which in the case of Ethel Barrymore as the family matriarch, is somewhat surprising, as she tended to overdo it with her eyes and that patrician voice,--but not here. Joseph Cotten's natural good natured goofiness works well in the film, and like Miss Barrymore, he reins himself in more than usual here. Charles Bickford as the butler is fine also. The best performance in the movie for my money, though, is that of Rhys Williams, as an amorous and amoral house-painter who is also the villain of the piece. Director Hank Potter paces the film well, and the sets are excellently designed and beautiful to behold, especially that of the main house. There's a lot of surface intelligence in the movie, if not much real braininess despite, near the end, its attempt to wring some Capraesque meaning from its slight story. A very good but not great film, this one's worth seeing for what passed for upper echelon if not quite top of the line entertainment a half century or more ago.