Theatre Play
Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version was directed by Leslie Arliss, son of stage star George Arliss. The story remained the same: A middle-aged widower attempts to select a wife from his rural district's eligible females (Basil Sydney). Three unsuccessful dalliances later, the farmer settles for his housekeeper, whom the audience has been rooting for all along. The Farmer's Wife is a prime example of the sort of fare that struck a proper chord with British filmgoers, but whose appeal would be lost to any other nationality.
Theatre Play
An American sailor imprisoned on Dartmoor during the American War of Independence manages to escape and falls in love with a local Squire's daughter.
Novel
'Devon. Rich widow helps poor squire by pretending his ancestor hid treasure.' (British Film Catalogue)
Author
El granjero Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas) acaba de perder a su esposa, y tras haber casado a su única hija, ha quedado solo con su leal ama de llaves, Araminta (Lilian Hall-Davis) y con su ayudante Churdles Ash (Gordon Harker). Pensando entonces en volver a casarse, Sweetland hará una lista de los mejores prospectos que podría encontrar entre sus conocidas y su propósito, desde entonces, será conquistar a alguna de ellas.
Theatre Play
El granjero Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas) acaba de perder a su esposa, y tras haber casado a su única hija, ha quedado solo con su leal ama de llaves, Araminta (Lilian Hall-Davis) y con su ayudante Churdles Ash (Gordon Harker). Pensando entonces en volver a casarse, Sweetland hará una lista de los mejores prospectos que podría encontrar entre sus conocidas y su propósito, desde entonces, será conquistar a alguna de ellas.
Novel
A man turns poacher for love of a married woman and is jailed by his widowed mother's evidence.
