The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953 film)
The Farmer Takes a Wife is a 1953 Technicolor musical comedy film starring Betty Grable and Dale Robertson.The picture is a remake of the 1935 film of the same name which starred Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda.During the 19th century, where Molly Larkins (Betty Grable), the girlfriend of rough-and-tumble canal-boat captain Jotham Klore (John Carroll) she hires mild-mannered farmer Daniel Harrow (Dale Robertson) to work on the boat.[2] Harold Arlen & Dorothy Fields composed the following songs for the movie: The Farmer Takes a Wife was presented on Best Plays June 28, 1953.The one-hour adaptation starred John Forsythe and Joan Lorring.