Down on the Farm is a 1920 silent film feature-length rural comedy produced by Mack Sennett, starring Louise Fazenda, and featuring Harry Gribbon, James Finlayson and Billy Armstrong.[1][2] It premiered at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana, California on December 28–30, 1919,[3][4] and was released nationally three months later, opening at the Strand Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana on April 4, 1920.[5]
| Down on the Farm | |
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| Directed by | Erle C. Kenton Ray Grey F. Richard Jones |
| Written by | Ray Grey Raymond Griffith Mack Sennett |
| Produced by | Mack Sennett |
| Cinematography | Fred Jackman Perry Evans |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes; 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Copies survive at the Library of Congress and reportedly at Gosfilmofond, Russian State Archive.[6]
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Plot
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Cast
edit- Louise Fazenda as Louise, The Farmer's Daughter
- Harry Gribbon as The Rustic Sweetheart
- Bert Roach as Roach, The Farmer
- James Finlayson as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
- Billy Armstrong as The Man of Mystery
- Don Marion as The Baby (credited as John Henry, Jr.)
- Marie Prevost as The Faithful Wife
- Ben Turpin as The Faithful Wife's Husband
- Dave Anderson as Grocery Man
- Joseph Belmont as The Minister
- Eddie Gribbon as Banker's Henchman
- Kalla Pasha as Mailman
- Fanny Kelly as Gossipy Villager
- Sybil Seely as Maid of Honor (credited as Sibye Trevilla)
Uncredited performers
edit- Jane Allen
- Thelma Bates
- Pepper The Cat as herself
- Teddy The Dog as himself
- Elva Diltz
- Frank Earle
- Virginia Fox
- George Gray
- Harriet Hammond as herself, Prologue
- Phyllis Haver as herself, Prologue
- Mildred June
- Patrick Kelly as Villager
- Larry Lyndon as Villager
- Kathryn McGuire as Villager
- John Rand as Villager
- Eva Thatcher as Villager
References
edit- ^ The American film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Down on the Farm at silentera.com
- ^ "First Showing in the Entire World 'Down on the Farm'". Santa Ana Daily Evening Register. December 27, 1919. p. 3.
- ^ "Throngs Crowd Theater for Big Bill". Santa Ana Register. December 29, 1919. p. 5.
- ^ "Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette". April 4, 1920. p. 3 (Section 4).
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute, c. 1978
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