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Ma femme est un grand homme

Original title: The Farmer's Daughter
  • 1947
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  • 1h 37m
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7.2/10
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Joseph Cotten and Loretta Young in Ma femme est un grand homme (1947)
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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After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

  • Director
    • H.C. Potter
  • Writers
    • Allen Rivkin
    • Laura Kerr
    • Hella Wuolijoki
  • Stars
    • Loretta Young
    • Joseph Cotten
    • Ethel Barrymore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    3.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • H.C. Potter
    • Writers
      • Allen Rivkin
      • Laura Kerr
      • Hella Wuolijoki
    • Stars
      • Loretta Young
      • Joseph Cotten
      • Ethel Barrymore
    • 44User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Loretta Young
    Loretta Young
    • Katrin Holstrom
    Joseph Cotten
    Joseph Cotten
    • Glenn Morley
    Ethel Barrymore
    Ethel Barrymore
    • Mrs. Morley
    Charles Bickford
    Charles Bickford
    • Joseph Clancy
    Rose Hobart
    Rose Hobart
    • Virginia
    Rhys Williams
    Rhys Williams
    • Adolph
    Harry Davenport
    Harry Davenport
    • Dr. Matthew Sutven
    Tom Powers
    Tom Powers
    • Nordick
    William Harrigan
    William Harrigan
    • Ward Hughes
    Keith Andes
    Keith Andes
    • Sven
    Harry Shannon
    Harry Shannon
    • Mr. Holstrom
    Lex Barker
    Lex Barker
    • Olaf
    Thurston Hall
    Thurston Hall
    • Wilbur Johnson
    Art Baker
    Art Baker
    • A. J. Finley
    Don Beddoe
    Don Beddoe
    • Einar
    James Arness
    James Arness
    • Peter
    • (as James Aurness)
    Anna Q. Nilsson
    Anna Q. Nilsson
    • Mrs. Holstrom
    John Gallaudet
    John Gallaudet
    • Van
    • Director
      • H.C. Potter
    • Writers
      • Allen Rivkin
      • Laura Kerr
      • Hella Wuolijoki
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    10krorie

    Fish For Sale!

    This one's a winner all the way, not a silly comedy but a wry comment on American politics then, before, and since with some humor sprinkled in every now and then. Too bad there aren't more like Katrin Holstrom and Glenn Morley on Capitol Hill. Strange this movie based on a play and directed by a man noted more for stage direction than for film direction should play like a movie should play and not be just another stage play on celluloid. Also the romantic attraction between Katrin and Glenn seems natural with no saccharine added.

    Talk about a cynical approach to mass political rallies to introduce new candidates for popular vote: Joseph Clancy (Charles Bickford) seeing that Katrin Holstrom (Loretta Young) is confused about what is happening before her eyes remarks that the crowd will approve thunderously of anything said aloud. He proceeds to stand up and yell "Fish for Sale" and the entire auditorium roars with unequivocal approval.

    And what acting down to the minutest part. Loretta Young deservedly won best actress. Charles Bickford was nominated and should have won best supporting actor. He stands tall above them all and competition is heavy in this flick. You have to be on your toes to out act the likes of Ethel Barrymore and Joseph Cotten, two of the finest acting talents ever, but Loretta Young and Charles Bickford succeed in doing just that.

    This is one of those pictures that Hollywood used to make that is fun from start to finish with surprising twists and turns from time to time. Though all comes out well in the finish, getting there is worth the journey. Plus this happy ending fits and is not just tacked on for custom and tradition. This little film actually speaks more appropriately for what is good in America than movies with more ballyhoo such as "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
    7bobc-5

    Love and politics - two things which never change.

    When a senator dies in office, Congressman Morley and his fellow party leaders have to come up with a candidate to run in the election to replace him. Everyone is agreement, accept for Morley's second maid. A Swedish-American farm girl who came to the city to become a nurse, she had to take temporary jobs when she was conned out of her tuition money. Not nearly as naive or helpless as she appeared, she was quickly given a permanent position at the Morley household. She isn't one to hold back on expressing her own political views, and by the end of the movie she's running against the Morley political machine even as she is finding romance with Congressman Morley.

    The movie is a bit dated, but because of the excellent script and acting it still manages to be a fresh and amusing comedy. The political satire is much more restrained then what modern audiences are used to, but the topics haven't aged at all. You've got two parties with no obvious ideological differences engaged in partisan bickering and mudslinging while a small group of wealthy and powerful men decide who is going to run for office. Integrity takes a back seat to party politics and favors. Even an unnamed white supremacy group rears its ugly head. When asked what type of politician she would be, the farmer's daughter tells us exactly what she would not be - a typical politician who only represents the wealthy people who financed their campaign and the powerful elite who backed them. Has anything actually changed in the last 50 years?
    8blanche-2

    A farm girl runs for Congress

    Loretta Young and Joseph Cotten star in The Farmer's Daughter, a 1947 film also starring Ethel Barrymore and Charles Bickford.

    Young, in a role originally intended for Ingrid Bergman, won an Oscar for her portrayal of Katie Holstrom, a young woman who lives on a farm with her family. She saves her money and goes off to the big city to become a nurse. Unfortunately, thanks to taking a ride from someone who once worked for her family, she ends up loaning him her money and he won't pay her back. So she takes a temporary job as a second maid in the house of a Congressman (Cotten) until she can save enough for school.

    It turns out that Katie is pretty outspoken when it comes to politics and, not only that, knows her stuff. When a congressman dies, Katie goes to a rally for the replacement that the party has put forward and embarrasses him with her questions. Political leaders from the other side are impressed and want her to run against him.

    It's always fascinating to me, and a little sad, that films with political themes, no matter how old they are, always seem timely. I guess that's where the term "politics as usual" comes from, though no one adds "for the last hundred years." In this film, 100$ American is described by Finley, the party's candidate, as "white, not foreign born, of the right religion." Now tell me that couldn't be a scene today. The search for dirt is in this film, as is all the back office manuevering.

    Loretta Young as a blond is every bit as beautiful as she was as a brunette, and she is a delight as the efficient, intelligent Katie. One can easily see how Joseph Cotten could fall for her. Ethel Barrymore, as Cotten's mother and the widow of a political great, does a wonderful job, strong-willed, clever, and no-nonsense. Charles Bickford, as the family's butler and friend is excellent as tough taskmaster who is nevertheless very impressed with his new charge.

    This is a very warm film with a terrific cast that will give you some chuckles and make you realize that the more things change, the more they remain the same - in politics. In movies - well, that's another matter.
    8bkoganbing

    Fresh Off the Farm for Mr. Oscar

    When Loretta Young beat out Rosalind Russell in the Academy Award sweepstakes of 1947 it was considered one of the great upsets in the history of Oscar. Russell had gotten a lot of acclaim for her dramatic breakthrough performance in Mourning Becomes Electra which was RKO's prestige picture of the year. The O'Neill drama flopped at the box office. Young was nominated almost as an afterthought to round out the field in 1947. Of course RKO didn't care because The Farmer's Daughter was also one of their films.

    Young worked hard to get her proper Swedish accent for the film and the results would have made Greta Garbo proud. I can't see Garbo appearing in a film like The Farmer's Daughter though.

    Young plays Katie Holstrum who leaves the family farm to study nursing and in an almost Forrest Gump like set of circumstances winds up working as a maid in Congressman Joseph Cotten's home. She's not working for just Cotten. Presiding over the home and the state of Minnesota itself is Cotten's mother Ethel Barrymore. Ethel's not only queen of her own roost, but she's a Senator's widow and still one formidable power in her state of Minnesota. And there's Charles Bickford the family butler who got an Oscar nomination himself in this film for Best Supporting Actor as Young's gruff, but kindly mentor.

    Although at the time this film was made Young was 34 years old she does manage to convey youth here. It worked in this case because in 1947 a lot of people were starting their careers late. It's pointed out in the story that she stayed on the family farm while her beefcake brothers, James Arness, Keith Andes, and Lex Barker were all in the service during World War II.

    A long running television series was adapted from this film with the tragic Inger Stevens in the lead and William Windom in Cotten's role. Cathleen Nesbitt was the grande political dame. The butler's role was dropped and Windom was made a widower with two boys. Even with a genuine Swede like Stevens playing Katie, Young still comes out the better.

    Too bad Rosalind Russell never got an Oscar, but Loretta Young was one of the great survivors of Hollywood and her award was as much an award for a lifetime as for the still fresh and funny, The Farmer's Daughter.
    9telegonus

    Katie For Congress

    The Farmer's Daughter is a disarmingly charming comedy from the late forties featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Loretta Young in the title role, as a farm-girl turned housemaid in a congressman's family who steals her boss's heart. The rest of the cast give nicely tuned performance, with no real hamming from anyone, which in the case of Ethel Barrymore as the family matriarch, is somewhat surprising, as she tended to overdo it with her eyes and that patrician voice,--but not here. Joseph Cotten's natural good natured goofiness works well in the film, and like Miss Barrymore, he reins himself in more than usual here. Charles Bickford as the butler is fine also. The best performance in the movie for my money, though, is that of Rhys Williams, as an amorous and amoral house-painter who is also the villain of the piece. Director Hank Potter paces the film well, and the sets are excellently designed and beautiful to behold, especially that of the main house. There's a lot of surface intelligence in the movie, if not much real braininess despite, near the end, its attempt to wring some Capraesque meaning from its slight story. A very good but not great film, this one's worth seeing for what passed for upper echelon if not quite top of the line entertainment a half century or more ago.

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    • Trivia
      On a cold day, Katrin (Loretta Young) prepares a drink called glogg for Glenn (Joseph Cotten). Glogg is usually made from claret, aquavit, sugar, cloves, cardamom, orange peel and raisins. It is ignited before being served.
    • Goofs
      Mrs. Morley's bedroom is on the the second floor of the house. When she and Clancy watch from her bedroom window as Katrin and Glenn run and then skate outdoors, the view out the window looks to be from ground level.
    • Quotes

      [wildly cheering crowd on the political convention floor]

      Katrin Holstrom: What are they yelling about?

      Joseph Clancy: These days they yell for anything.

      Katrin Holstrom: Anything?

      Joseph Clancy: Sure, they'll scream if you yell "Fish for sale!"

      Katrin Holstrom: Aw, no.

      Joseph Clancy: [Stands up and yells] Fish for sale!

      [the crowds roars]

    • Connections
      Featured in The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Row, Row, Row
      (uncredited)

      Music by James V. Monaco

      Lyrics by William Jerome

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    • Release date
      • April 14, 1948 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • The Farmer's Daughter
    • Filming locations
      • Petaluma, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Vanguard Films
      • Dore Schary Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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