Down on the Farm is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Spring Byington and Louise Fazenda. It was part of Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series.Drew p.180 The family go to stay at their aunt's farm.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Bernard Herzbrun and Boris Leven.
Plot The Jones Family visit John Jones’ aunt who lives on a country farm. Various romances ensue, and John wins a cornhusking contest. John is kidnapped by con men and is rescued by son Roger. State politics are satirized “as are the ineptitudes of city people" who are ignorant of country ways.Dwyer, 1996 p. 226-227: Filmography, plot synopsis.
Cast Jed Prouty as John Jones Spring Byington as Mrs. John Jones Louise Fazenda as Aunt Ida Russell Gleason as Herbert Thompson Kenneth Howell as Jack Jones George Ernest as Roger Jones June Carlson as Lucy Jones Florence Roberts as Granny Jones Billy Mahan as Bobby Jones Eddie Collins as Cyrus Sampson Dorris Bowdon as Tessie Moody Roberta Smith as Emma Moody Marvin Stephens as Tommy McGuire William Haade as Hefferkamp John T. Murray as Marvin William Irving as Coleman Ernie Adams as Pony Concessioner Sidney Blackmer as Political Boss Dick Elliott as Slicker Harrison Greene as Committeeman Donald Haines as Boy in Drug Store Si Jenks as Slim Fred Kelsey as Bit Role Alexander Leftwich as Committeeman Wilfred Lucas as Wheeler Francis Sayles as Member of Chamber of Commerce Syd Saylor as Painter John Sheehan as Fire Chief
Notes
References Dwyer, Ruth Anne. 1996. Malcolm St. Clair: His Films, 1915-1948. The Scarecrow Press, Lantham, Md., and London.
Bibliography Bernard A. Drew. Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. Routledge, 2013.
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