The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)


The Farmer Takes a Wife
Release Date12 June 1953
Budget$2,000,000
GenreComedy, Musical, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor

The Farmer Takes a Wife is a 1953 musical comedy film starring Betty Grable. It is a remake of the 1935 film of the same name which starred Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Molly Larkins

Dan Harrow

Lucy Cashdollar

Jotham Klore

Eddie Foy Jr.
Fortune Friendly

Pearl Dowd

Hannah

Eva Gooch

Nancy Abbate
Little Girl

Robert Adler
Townsman

Fred Aldrich
Boater

John Butler
Drunk

Harry Carter
Boatman

John Close
Boater

Bill Coontz
Dancer

Martin Deane
Boy

Juanita Evers
Miss Kranz

Don Garrett
Cab Driver

Gloria Gordon
Undetermined Role

Fred Graham
Brawling Railroader

Abbie

Jack Harris
Militia Officer

James Hickman
Deckhand

Ed Hinton
Boater

Charles Horvath
Brawling Boater

Wes Hudman
Boatman

Robert Hyatt
Boy

Joanne Jordan
Boatwife

Driver

Donald Kerr
Jacob

Paul Kruger
Boater

Kermit Maynard
Driver

Paul McGuire
Barney

Emile Meyer
Storekeeper

Noreen Michaels
Amy

Frank Mills
Townsman

Mort Mills
Floyd

Ralph Montgomery
Boater

Brad Morrow
Boy at Fight

Zon Murray
Townsman Eli

Howard Negley
Governor Hamilton Fish

Gordon Nelson
Race official

Dancer

Susan Odin
Girl

Bartender

Mel Pogue
Abner Green

William Pullen
John

Edward Rickard
Boatman

Ethan McCarthy

Ralph Sanford
Quack

Fred Santley
Boatman

Jack Stoney
Brawling Railroader

Bobby Taylor
Boy

Tony Taylor
Little Boy

Little Girl

Lee Turnbull
Andy

Abigail

Boater

Judy Ann Whaley
Girl

Townsman

Director

Writer

Walter Bullock

Sally Benson

Joseph Fields

Frank B. Elser

Walter D. Edmonds

Producer

Frank P. Rosenberg
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Arthur E. Arling

Editor

Louis R. Loeffler

Art Director

Addison Hehr
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Set Decorator

Claude E. Carpenter

Costume Designer

Travilla
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Makeup Department

makeup artist

Production Manager

Sid Bowen
unit production manager

Max Golden
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joseph E. Rickards
assistant director

Lloyd Allen
assistant director

Art Department

Joseph C. Wright
art director: musical settings

Sound Department

Eugene Grossman
sound

Roger Heman Sr.
sound

Special Effects

Ray Kellogg
special photographic effects

Fred Sersen
special photographic effects

Costume and Wardrobe Department

wardrobe director

Music Department

lyricist

orchestrator

Charles Henderson
vocal director

Cyril J. Mockridge
incidental music

musical director

Herbert W. Spencer
orchestrator

Other Crew

Jack Cole
choreographer

Leonard Doss
technicolor color consultant

Jerry Bryan
dialogue coach

Albert J. Kramer
title cards

Stanley Scheuer
script supervisor

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

CBS/Fox

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