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The Farmer's Daughter
A Gal with Cultivating Ways!
After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.
- Original title
- The Farmer's Daughter
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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Jul 15, 2024 · via TMDB
From an hard-working family of Swedish immigrants to the USA, the young "Katrin" - aka "Katie" (Loretta Young) finds herself employed as a maid in the home of the wealthy, politically connected, "Morley" family. The widow of a former Senator, it's sagely matriarch "Agatha" (Ethel Barrymore) is embroiled in the selection of a new nominee for Congress and quickly "Katie" finds herself immersed in this process and a witness to the way the family - including son 'Glenn" (Joseph Cotton) go about sorting out the nomination. She's bold enough to speak out at a meeting about the failings of their choice, and next thing the opposition have decided she could stand herself. With the polls suggesting a 70%-30% vote against her, she looks doomed but then a series of twists and turns occur that might just help her out - especially as she and Congressman "Glenn" are clearly fond of each other and the mother is much more of a decent woman than a mere political manipulator. A constant in all these machinations is her butler-cum-confidante "Clancy" (Charles Bickford) who has worked for the family all of his life, earned a position of considerable trust and influence, and like his boss becomes concerned that the fight isn't being fought fairly and in the best interests of the community. It's a little reminiscent of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) in that it shows a plucky, if naive, young person determined to try and make a change in a political world stacked in favour of the vested interests, but that aspect of the plot isn't really brought home so much as the increasingly romantic elements of her relationship with "Glenn". It's more Barrymore and Bickford who inject a sense of power into the thing whilst the enamoured couple try to get their act together. It still offers us quite a cleverly constructed and occasionally humorous swipe at the establishment and American "democracy" and Young - despite her rather unnecessary accent - turns in one of her stronger and more characterful efforts.
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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
Dr. Matthew Sulven
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 J. Finley
James Arness
Peter Holstrom (as James Aurness)
Anna Q. Nilsson
Mrs. Holstrom
William Bakewell
Windor
Bess Flowers
Party Guest (uncredited)
Charles McGraw
Fisher - Finley's Henchman (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Night Editor (uncredited)
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Edith Head
Costume Design
H. C. Potter
Director
Dore Schary
Producer
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
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