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.

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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 }}