The Farmer's Daughter

  • Comedy
  • Romance
3/26/1947
97
NR

A Gal with Cultivating Ways!

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

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  • Geronimo1967

    From an hard-working family of Swedish immigrants to the USA, the young "Katrin" - aka "Katie" (Loretta Young) finds herself employed as a maid in the home of the wealthy, politically connected, "Morley" family. The widow of a former Senator, it's sagely matriarch "Agatha" (Ethel Barrymore) is embroiled in the selection of a new nominee for Congress and quickly "Katie" finds herself immersed in this process and a witness to the way the family - including son 'Glenn" (Joseph Cotton) go about sorting out the nomination. She's bold enough to speak out at a meeting about the failings of their choice, and next thing the opposition have decided she could stand herself. With the polls suggesting a 70%-30% vote against her, she looks doomed but the...

    July 15, 2024

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