The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new haul-horse driver Dan Harrow and the inevitable triangle develops (complicated by Dan's desire to farm and Molly's to boat) against a background of the canalmen's fight against the encroaching railroad.
Director:
Henry Levin
Writers:
Sally Benson, Walter Bullock, Joseph Fields.
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Betty Grable as Molly Larkins |
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Dale Robertson as Dan Harrow |
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Thelma Ritter as Lucy Cashdollar |
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John Carroll as Jotham Klore |
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Eddie Foy Jr. as Fortune Friendly |
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Charlotte Austin as Pearl Dowd |
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Kathleen Crowley as Susanna |
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Merry Anders as Hannah |
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May Wynn as Eva Gooch |
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Juanita Evers as Ms. Kranz (uncredited) |
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Ruth Hall as Abbie (uncredited) |
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Donald Kerr as Jacob (uncredited) |
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Paul McGuire as Barney (uncredited) |
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Noreen Michaels as Amy (uncredited) |
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Mort Mills as Floyd (uncredited) |
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Zon Murray as Eli (uncredited) |
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Howard Negley as Gov. Hamilton Fish (uncredited) |
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Mel Pogue as Abner Green (uncredited) |
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William Pullen as John (uncredited) |
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Gene Roth as Ethan McCarthy (uncredited) |
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Lee Turnbull as Andy (uncredited) |
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Gwen Verdon as Abigail (uncredited) |
| Writing | Sally Benson | Screenplay |
| Directing | Henry Levin | Director |
| Writing | Walter Bullock | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joseph Fields | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travilla | Costume Design |
| Sound | Harold Arlen | Songs |
| Writing | Dorothy Fields | Lyricist |
