The Farmer’s Daughter (1947)
The Farmer’s Daughter (1947)
„The Farmer’s Daughter“ is a 1947 comedy film directed by H.C. Potter. The screenplay by Allen Rivkin and Laura Kerr is suggested from the 1937 play „Juurakon Hulda“ by Hella Wuolijoki.
Opening credits: The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictional. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Swedish-American farmer’s daughter Katrin „Katie“ Holstrom leaves the family farm to attend nursing school in Capitol City. Barn painter Adolph Petree, who completed a job for Katie’s father, offers her a ride, then steals her money along the way. Katie, refusing to ask her family for help, goes to work as a maid for political power broker Agatha Morley and her son, U.S. Representative Glenn Morley. She impresses Agatha and her loyal butler Joseph Clancey with her refreshing, down-to-earth common sense. Glenn is impressed with her other charms.
Unexpected problems arise when the Morleys and the other leaders of their political party have to select a replacement for a deceased congressman; they choose the unscrupulous Anders J. Finley. Knowing the man’s true background, Katie strongly disapproves. At a public meeting to introduce Finley, Katie asks him pointed and embarrassing questions. Leaders of the opposition party are impressed and offer to back Katie in the coming election. Katie accepts and reluctantly quits her job, much to Glenn’s disappointment.
When Katie’s campaign gains support (with some coaching from Glenn), Finley smears her reputation by bribing Petree to claim Katie spent the night with him when he gave her a ride. Katie, distraught, runs home. When Glenn learns the truth, he follows her and proposes.
Agatha and Joseph get Finley drunk and he reveals he is a member of an extreme nativist political group and that he bribed Petree, who is hidden away at his isolated lodge, to disparage Katie’s reputation. Assisted by Katie’s three burly brothers, Glenn retrieves Petree from his goon guards, then forces him to confess over the radio. Agatha withdraws her party’s support for Finley and endorses Katie, ensuring her election. In the final scene, Glenn carries Katie across the threshold of the United States House of Representatives.
Cast:
- Loretta Young – Katrin Holstrom
- Joseph Cotten – Glenn Morley
- Ethel Barrymore – Mrs. Morley
- Charles Bickford – Joseph Clancy
- Rose Hobart – Virginia
- Rhys Williams – Adolph
- Harry Davenport – Dr. Matthew Sutven
- Tom Powers – Nordick
- William Harrigan – Ward Hughes
- Keith Andes – Sven
- Harry Shannon – Mr. Holstrom
- Lex Barker – Olaf
- Thurston Hall – Wilbur Johnson
- Art Baker – A. J. Finley
- Don Beddoe – Einar
- James Arness – Peter
- Anna Q. Nilsson – Mrs. Holstrom
- John Gallaudet – Van
- William B. Davidson – Eckers
- Cy Kendall – Sweeney
- Frank Ferguson – Maatinaan
- William Bakewell – Windor
- Charles Lane – Jackson
- Tony Barrett – Announcer
- Joe Gilbert – Announcer
- Carl Kent – Announcer
- Robert Clarke – Assistant Announcer
- Forrest J. Ackerman – Audience Member at Finley Rally
- Michael Chapin – Boy
- Franklyn Farnum – Conventioneer
- Sven Hugo Borg – Dr. Mattsen
- Eddie Arden – Elevator Operator
- Victor Potel – Farmer with Destroyed Property
- William Bailey – Father
- Dale Van Sickel – Finlay Hood at Cabin
- Sol Gorss – Finley’s Henchman
- Bud Wolfe – Finley’s Henchman
- Charles McGraw – Fisher, Finley’s Henchman
- Janet Burston – Girl
- Jessie Arnold – Motel Manager
- Hazel Keener – Mother
- Jason Robards Sr. – Night Editor
- Brandon Beach – Party Guest
- James Conaty – Party Guest
- Dorothy Curtis – Party Guest
- Bess Flowers – Party Guest
- Jack Gargan – Party Guest
- Sam Harris – Party Guest
- Stuart Holmes – Party Guest
- Jimmie Horan – Party Guest
- Art Howard – Party Guest
- Larry Steers – Party Guest
- Florence Wix – Party Guest
- Mel Wixon – Party Guest
- Albert Cavens – Photographer
- Lee Kass – Photographer
- Mike Lally – Photographer
- Robert Strong – Photographer
- James Pierce – Policeman
- Beth Belden – Politician
- Harry Denny – Politician
- Ben Erway – Politician
- Carl Eric Hansen – Politician
- Elsa Peterson – Politician
- Dick Rush – Polling Place Operator
- Eleanore Vogel – Rooming House Proprietress
- Jerry Frank – Route Man
- Mary Newton – Secretary
- Douglas Evans – Silbey, Politician
- Drew Miller – Tow Truck Mechanic
„Die Farmerstochter“ (The Farmer’s Daughter) ist eine Filmkomödie von 1947 unter der Regie von H.C. Potter. Das Drehbuch von Allen Rivkin und Laura Kerr basiert auf dem Theaterstück "Juurakon Hulda" von Hella Wuolijoki aus dem Jahr 1937.
Alternativtitel: Meine Braut, der Senator
Vorspann: Die in diesem Fotodrama dargestellten Personen und Ereignisse sind fiktiv. Jede Ähnlichkeit mit lebenden oder toten Personen ist rein zufällig.
Die schwedisch-amerikanische Bauerntochter Katrin "Katie" Holstrom verlässt den Hof der Familie, um die Krankenpflegeschule in Capitol City zu besuchen. Der Scheunenmaler Adolph Petree, der einen Auftrag für Katies Vater ausgeführt hat, bietet ihr eine Mitfahrgelegenheit an und stiehlt ihr unterwegs das Geld. Katie weigert sich, ihre Familie um Hilfe zu bitten, und arbeitet als Dienstmädchen für die politische Machtmaklerin Agatha Morley und ihren Sohn, den US-Abgeordneten Glenn Morley. Sie beeindruckt Agatha und ihren treuen Butler Joseph Clancey mit ihrem erfrischenden, bodenständigen Menschenverstand. Glenn ist auch von ihren anderen Reizen beeindruckt.