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.The American film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988Progressive Silent Film List: Down on the Farm at silentera.com It premiered at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana, California, on December 28–30, 1919, and was released nationally three months later, opening at the Strand Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on April 4, 1920.
Copies survive at the Library of Congress and reportedly at Gosfilmofond, Russian State Archive.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
Plot
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
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