The Farmer's Daughter (1947)

Directed by

H. C. Potter

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a farm travels to the city and takes a job as a maid for a congressman and his mother. She gets involved in politics while navigating class differences and a potential romance.

lightheartedwhimsicalwittyupbeatcharmingromanticgentleheartfelt

What happens

The Farmer's Daughter is a 1947 American comedy film directed by H.C. Potter that tells the story of a farmgirl who ends up working as a maid for a Congressman and his politically powerful mother. It stars Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, and Charles Bickford, and was adapted by Allen Rivkin and Laura Kerr from the 1937 Finnish play Juurakon Hulda  by Hella Wuolijoki, using the pen name Juhani Tervapää (misspelled in the film's credits as Juhni Tervataa). The film won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Loretta Young and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Charles Bickford. Young's win was considered an upset; everyone had expected Rosalind Russell to win for her Lavinia in Mourning Becomes Electra. In 1963, a television series based on the film was produced, starring Inger Stevens, Cathleen Nesbitt and William Windom. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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