The Farmer's Daughter
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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Title: The Farmer's Daughter Summary: After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics. Directed by: H.C. Potter Actors: Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures Release Date: 26 March 1947 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 Swedish-American farmer's daughter Katrin 'Katie' Holstrom leaves the farm to study nursing in the big, wicked city. Thanks to a chiseling acquaintance, her tuition and expense money disappears the first day, and she's forced to get a job...as a domestic for congressman Glenn Morley. Impressed by her political awareness as well as her many charms and capabilities, Glenn is soon infatuated with Katie, and she with him, but their feelings remain unspoken...until Katie speaks up at a party rally and is abruptly thrust into politics herself.
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- Director
- H. C. Potter
- Starring
- Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Charles Bickford, Rose Hobart, Rhys Williams, Harry Davenport, Tom Powers
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