Down on the Farm (1920 film) explained

Down on the Farm
Director:	Erle C. Kenton Ray Grey F. Richard Jones
Producer:	Mack Sennett
Cinematography:	Fred Jackman Perry Evans
Distributor:	United Artists
Runtime:	50 minutes; 5 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Down on the Farm is a 1920 silent film feature-length rural comedy produced by Mack Sennett, starring Louise Fazenda, and featuring Harry Gribbon, James Finlayson and Billy Armstrong.^{[1] [2]} It premiered at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana, California on December 28–30, 1919,^{[3] [4]} and was released nationally three months later, opening at the Strand Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana on April 4, 1920.^[5]

Copies survive at the Library of Congress and reportedly at Gosfilmofond, Russian State Archive.^[6]

Cast

• Louise Fazenda as Louise, The Farmer's Daughter
• Harry Gribbon as The Rustic Sweetheart
• Bert Roach as Roach, The Farmer
• James Finlayson as The Sportive Banker with the Mortgage
• Billy Armstrong as The Man of Mystery
• Don Marion as The Baby (credited as John Henry, Jr.)
• Marie Prevost as The Faithful Wife
• Ben Turpin as The Faithful Wife's Husband
• Dave Anderson as Grocery Man
• Joseph Belmont as The Minister
• Eddie Gribbon as Banker's Henchman
• Kalla Pasha as Mailman
• Fanny Kelly as Gossipy Villager
• Sybil Seely as Maid of Honor (credited as Sibye Trevilla)

Uncredited performers

• Jane Allen
• Thelma Bates
• Pepper The Cat as herself
• Teddy The Dog as himself
• Elva Diltz
• Frank Earle
• Virginia Fox
• George Gray
• Harriet Hammond as herself, Prologue
• Phyllis Haver as herself, Prologue
  • Mildred June Patrick Kelly as Villager
• Larry Lyndon as Villager
• Kathryn McGuire as Villager
• John Rand as Villager
• Eva Thatcher as Villager

External links

• • • allmovie listing

Notes and References

1. The American film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DownOnTheFarm1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: Down on the Farm
3. News: First Showing in the Entire World 'Down on the Farm'. Santa Ana Daily Evening Register. December 27, 1919. 3.
4. News: Throngs Crowd Theater for Big Bill. Santa Ana Register. December 29, 1919. 5.
5. News: Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. April 4, 1920. 3 (Section 4).
6. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute, c. 1978