Down on the Farm (1920 film)
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{{infobox film
| name = Down on the Farm
| image = Down on the Farm by Mack Sennett Film Daily 1920.png
| caption = Advertisement
| director = Erle C. Kenton
Ray Grey
F. Richard Jones
| writer = Ray Grey
Raymond Griffith
Mack Sennett
| producer = Mack Sennett
| cinematography = Fred Jackman
Perry Evans
| editing =
| distributor = United Artists
| released = {{film date|1920|4|25}}
| runtime = 50 minutes; 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.The American film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DownOnTheFarm1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: Down on the Farm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018234246/http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DownOnTheFarm1920.html |date=October 18, 2012 }} at silentera.com It premiered at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana, California on December 28–30, 1919,{{cite news|title=First Showing in the Entire World 'Down on the Farm'|work=Santa Ana Daily Evening Register|date=December 27, 1919|page=3}}{{cite news|title=Throngs Crowd Theater for Big Bill|work=Santa Ana Register|date=December 29, 1919|page=5}} and was released nationally three months later, opening at the Strand Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana on April 4, 1920.{{cite news|title=Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette|date=April 4, 1920|page=3 (Section 4)}}
Copies survive at the Library of Congress and reportedly at Gosfilmofond, Russian State Archive.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
File:Down on the Farm (1920) - 4.jpg showing (from left) Bert Roach, Harry Gribbon, James Finlayson, and Louise Fazenda]]
Plot
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Cast
- 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=
- 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
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External links
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- {{AFI film|id=15848|title=Down on the Farm}}
- {{IMDb title|0011128}}
- [http://www.allmovie.com/movie/down-on-the-farm-v89885 allmovie listing]
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Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language comedy films
Category:Films directed by Erle C. Kenton
Category:Films directed by F. Richard Jones
Category:Films produced by Mack Sennett
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:Surviving American silent films
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