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Directed by H.C. Potter
 USA 1947

 

When Loretta Young stepped up to accept her Academy Award for The Farmer's Daughter, the ever-youthful leading lady, who'd been in films since 1928, sighed "At long last!" Young is cast as Katie Holstrum, an independently-minded Swedish girl who leaves her family's Minnesota farm to take a domestic job at the Washington DC home of congressman Glenn Morley Joseph Cotten. Katie's outspokeness and Scandanavian common sense immediately endears her to Morley, his mother Ethel Barrymore, and the family's crusty-but-kindly butler Clancy Charles Bickford. Sensing that the political machine backing Morley isn't thoroughly honest, Katie takes an active hand in Washington politics, leading to her own nomination for a congressional seat. The machine-boss villains (depicted rather provocatively as right-wing reactionaries) try to discredit Katie on the eve of the election, but she is rescued by Morley, who of course has fallen in love with her. Adapted from Juurakon Hulda (Hulda, Daughter of Parliament), a Finnish play written by Hella Wuolijoki (using the pen name Juhani Tervapää), which had originally been optioned as a potential vehicle for Ingrid Bergman, The Farmer's Daughter later matriculated into a weekly TV series, with Inger Stevens as Katie and William Windom as Morley.

Excerpt from B+N located HERE

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Loretta Young (The Stranger) is The Farmer’s Daughter – blonde, brash and so hilariously heartwarming that she won the 1948 Academy Award® for Best Actress in a Leading Role. As Katrin, she romps through one uproarious romantic adventure after another, an independent farm girl who becomes a politician and captures the heart of a Congressman along the way. The outrageous antics begin when Katrin, fresh from the farm, arrives in Capitol City ready to take on the metropolis. She takes the very first job she can find: housemaid in the wealthy home of urbane Congressman Glenn Morley, charmingly played by Joseph Cotten (Portrait of Jennie). But she’s no sooner tied the apron strings around her waist than she’s running for Congress. To complicate matters further, Morley is developing a case of infatuation for Katrin – and it’s looking like love that knows no political bounds. Directed by H. C. Potter (Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House) and co-starring Ethel Barrymore (The Spiral Staircase), Charles Bickford (The Big Country) and Harry Davenport (The Ox-Bow Incident). Bickford was nominated for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role Academy Award.

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Theatrical Release: March 25th, 1947

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Review: Kino Lorber - Region 'A' - Blu-ray

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Distribution Kino Lorber - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
Runtime 1:37:11.116      
Video

1.33:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rays

Disc Size: 23,072,623,786 bytes

Feature: 20,785,373,184 bytes

Video Bitrate: 25.15 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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DTS-HD Master Audio English 1557 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1558 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Commentary:

Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Subtitles English, None
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Studio: Kino Lorber

 

1.33:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rays

Disc Size: 23,072,623,786 bytes

Feature: 20,785,373,184 bytes

Video Bitrate: 25.15 Mbps

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video

 

Edition Details:

• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Lee Gambin
 • Theatrical Trailer (1:48)


 Blu-ray Release Date: September 25th, 2018
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Chapters 8

 

 

Comments:

NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

Kino have transferred "The Farmer's Daughter" to a single-layered Blu-ray in 1080p. The film is shown in the 1.33:1 aspect ratio and looks excellent. It has impressive grain support and the only negative is that it can look a bit think at times with some lesser quality, short, sequences. Generally though the image quality is indicative of the screen captures below.

The audio is offered in a 16-bit DTS-HD 2.0 Master Audio track. There are no aggressive effects but a pleasing score by Leigh Harline (No Down Payment, Pickup on South Street, 23 Paces to Baker Street, House of Bamboo, Broken Lance) that supports the film lightly in the background. There are optional English subtitles (see sample below) on this Region 'A' locked Blu-ray.

The significant supplement is a wonderful commentary from film critic and historian, Lee Gambin (author of Nope, Nothing Wrong Here: The Making of Cujo). Gambin talks Loretta Young - and I am also a big fan - tracing much of her career and details about the production. Also on this disc, the film's trailer, as well as trailers for a few other films.

The Farmer's Daughter is a fun, vintage, film and Loretta Young is great. I love immersing myself in this era and the HD presentation looks excellent. The Lee Gambin commentary adds further value and we endorse this Blu-ray. Recommended.

Gary Tooze

 

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