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The Farmer's Daughter

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Young Swedish-American Katrin "Katie" Holstrom (Loretta Young) leaves her family farm in Minnesota, headed for nursing school. After her tuition money runs out, she is forced to take a job as a maid in the home of Congressman Glenn Morley (Joseph Cotten). Holstrom endears herself to the genteel Morley, and begins to show a surprising aptitude for politics herself. She launches a campaign for Congress, and, as right-wing reactionaries plot against her, a romance develops.

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James Agee TIME Magazine Feb 27, 2018
The Farmer's Daughter turns out to be excellent entertainment because Producer Dore Schary and his associates evidently know a good deal about the special kinds of people they are telling about. Go to Full Review
Jack Moffitt Esquire Magazine Oct 7, 2020
The Farmer's Daughter is an honestly liberal movie with no concealed jokes. It is thoroughly democratic and thoroughly entertaining. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Apr 23, 2019
3/4
Young won the Best Actress Oscar for her charming if hardly award-worthy turn (her win is still considered one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history). Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Sep 25, 2018
3/5
It is a hopeful romantic melodrama which hits all the right notes of an optimistic post-WWII America obsessed with its own virtuousness. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 4, 2009
B
Loretta Young won the Oscar for Potter's cheerful but naive upward mobility fable about an ambitious farm girl(of Swedish descent) who becomes a congresswoman and wins the man (Joseph Cotten). Go to Full Review
Brandon Judell PopcornQ Jul 3, 2005
3/5
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Feb 1, 2019 The best comedy romance movie ever made!
Finn S Mar 17, 2017 I watched this again yesterday. I am a fan of Loretta's from way back, and I wanted to see how well this movie has held up. It was a more innocent time, but I actually think its message is still relevant. This was the year GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT won the Best Picture Oscar, and it was about anti-Semitism. This film is subversive as well, plugging women's and immigrants' rights as well as ridiculing political hacks and corruption. It has a message for today! The cast is impressive. Whenever it is noted that Loretta won the Oscar that year over Rosalind Russell in a big upset, her actual performance is rarely discussed. In fact she is perfect in the role, totally believable and not a bit saccharine despite the whimsical storyline; it reminds me of Frances McDormand's Marge in FARGO, for which she also won the Oscar. Cotten is an underappreciated leading man, and he is totally likable here. The great Ethel Barrymore is both wise and war as his mother, and Bickford is classic. And notice the hunky Lex Barker as one of Katie's brothers! AAll in all this film is a real gem, not an epic but a fine piece of a better and more innocent America! See more
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Cast & Crew

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H. C. Potter

Director

Loretta Young

Katrin Holstrom

Joseph Cotten

Glenn Morley

Ethel Barrymore

Agatha Morley

Charles Bickford

Joseph Clancy

Rose Hobart

Virginia Thatcher

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The Farmer's Daughter

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Movie Info

Synopsis Young Swedish-American Katrin "Katie" Holstrom (Loretta Young) leaves her family farm in Minnesota, headed for nursing school. After her tuition money runs out, she is forced to take a job as a maid in the home of Congressman Glenn Morley (Joseph Cotten). Holstrom endears herself to the genteel Morley, and begins to show a surprising aptitude for politics herself. She launches a campaign for Congress, and, as right-wing reactionaries plot against her, a romance develops.
Director
H. C. Potter
Producer
Dore Schary
Distributor
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co
RKO Pictures
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 26, 1947, Original
Runtime
1h 37m
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