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The Farmer Takes a Wife

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NR,1hr 31min
Genres:
Drama,Comedy,Romance
Released:
January 1, 1935
Director:
Victor Fleming
Starring:
Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda, Charles Bickford  ...more
Synopsis: Henry Fonda made his screen debut in this filmization of his Broadway success The Farmer Takes a Wife. The story is set along the Erie Canal in the 1850s. Fonda plays a farmer who takes a river job to make ends meet. He falls in love with Janet Gaynor, daughter of a canal-boat cook, who thinks very little of farmers. Nonetheless, Fonda and Gaynor marry, much to the displeasure of canal skipper Charles Bickford, who'd assumed that Janet was his girl. When Fonda avoids a fight with Bickford, Janet ... Full Synopsis
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Robert Firsching, AMG Review
Although he had played young farmer Dan Harrow in the hit Broadway version, Henry Fonda was actually the third choice for the role in this entertaining film version. Fonda does a great job in his first screen appearance, carrying a rather simplistic story about romance and roughneck Erie-Canal boatmen in 1850. Janet Gaynor is appealing as his beloved Molly, and Charles Bickford almost steals the film ... Full Review
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Janet Gaynor
Molly Larkins
Henry Fonda
Daniel Harrow
Charles Bickford
Jotham Klore
George "Slim" Summerville
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