The Farmer from Texas
{{short description|1925 film by Joe May}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Farmer from Texas
| image = The Farmer from Texas.jpg
| caption = Lillian Hall-Davis and Willy Fritsch
| director = Joe May
| producer = Joe May
| writer = {{ubl|Georg Kaiser (play)|Rolf E. Vanloo|Joe May}}
| starring = {{ubl|Mady Christians|Willy Fritsch|Lillian Hall-Davis|Edmund Burns}}
| music =
| editing =
| cinematography = {{ubl|Carl Drews|Toni Frenguelli}}
| studio = UFA
| distributor = UFA
| released = {{film date|1925|10|22|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = Germany
| language = {{ubl|Silent|German intertitles}}
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Farmer from Texas ({{langx|de|Der Farmer aus Texas}}) is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Joe May and starring Mady Christians, Willy Fritsch, and Lillian Hall-Davis. It was based on the play Kolportage by Georg Kaiser. The film was considered a costly box office failure, contributing to a financial crisis at Germany's largest studio Universum Film AG.{{sfn|Kreimeier|p=102}} The film's sets were designed by Paul Leni.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Mady Christians as Mabel Bratt
- Edmund Burns as Erik
- Willy Fritsch as Akke
- Lillian Hall-Davis as Alice
- Christian Bummerstaedt as Raf von Stjernenhoe
- Clare Greet as Frau Appelboom
- Hans Junkermann as Baron Barrenkrona
- Pauline Garon as Miss Abby Grant
- Frida Richard as Tante Jutta
- Ellen Plessow
- Emmy Wyda
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book | last = Hardt | first = Ursula | title = From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 1996 | location = Providence | isbn = 978-1-57181-930-7 }}
- {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Kreimeier}} | last = Kreimeier | first = Klaus | title = The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945 | publisher = University of California Press | year = 1999 | location = Berkeley | isbn = 978-0-520-22069-0 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0157617}}
{{Joe May}}
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Category:Films of the Weimar Republic
Category:German silent feature films
Category:Silent German comedy films
Category:Films directed by Joe May
Category:German films based on plays
Category:Films based on works by Georg Kaiser
Category:Films produced by Joe May
Category:Films with screenplays by Joe May
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:1920s German-language films
Category:German-language comedy films
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