The Farmer's Wife (1928)
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 1
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This first film version of Eden Philpotts' play The Farmer's Wife was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The story involves a roughhewn widowed farmer (Samuel Sweetland) in search of a new bride. Every candidate for the "title" proves insufficient, either because they fail to meet the farmer's exacting standards or because they want no part of him. Eventually the farmer realizes that his "perfect" mate has been under his own nose all along. The Farmer's Wife was remade in 1941, with Basil Sydney in
Jan 1, 1928 Wide
Cast
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Jameson Thomas
Samuel Sweetland -
Lilian Hall Davis
Araminta Dench the youn... -
Gordon Harker
Churdles Ash the handym... -
Maud Gill
Thirza Tapper -
Gibb McLaughlin
Dunnybrigg, Henry Coake... -
Louise Pounds
Widow Windeatt -
Olga Slade
Mary Hearn Postmistress -
Antonia Brough
Susan -
Ruth Maitland
Mercy Bassett -
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All Critics (9) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (1)
Charming comedy of rural manners.
Top CriticIt has been nicely directed with a keen eye for the sunlight and shadows over the winding country roads, and the indoor scenes are always correct as to furnishings.
Hitchcock disliked the film, but it offers an unusual glimpse of the master before he settled into thrillers. Matters of marriage were always much on Hitchcock's mind.
Hitchcock's seventh (silent) feature is a charming, well acted rustic comedy
Enjoyable pastoral silent comedy of manners, that's more interesting as a curio than as one of the Master's better films.
Modern-day fans of his work will see many directorial flourishes that hint at the mastery he displays in later films.
The only ordeal bigger than contemplating an empty household is trying to fill it in this fond comedy of humiliation
This early Hitchcock silent film (a comedy, no less) is probably only going to be of interest to Hitchcock enthusiasts, and even then they're going to have to be rabidly enthusiastic.
Despite the early plot give-away the film's robust caricatures and gentle humour keep things bowling along nicely.
Audience Reviews for The Farmer's Wife
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To my liking, the beginning was a bit choppy, was unable to tell whom was whom, or who these characters were. Somewhere after ten minutes of it, I was able to see clearly who the characters were and understand what was happening. There was a lot of symbolism in this film if you watch very closely. The music very much helps the tune of the movement of this motion picture, helping you feel the right mood at the right places. At the end of the film, you are left with a broad smile and warm heart!
Being a Chaplin fan, I had found the body expressions to well done in telling the story. Perhaps I was expecting more use of the light and shadow, knowing Hitchcock is very well known for his suspense films, but over all I think it was indeed worth seeing a new light of his work!
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- The Farmer's Wife (1928) (DE)
- The Farmer's Wife (UK)
