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The Farmer Takes a Wife (Season 2, Episode 7)
TV Episode | Drama

Charming love story set on the Erie Canal in the mid-19th Century. A farmer works on the canal to earn money to buy a farm. He meets a cook on a canal boat, but she can't even consider leaving the exciting life on the canal for a banal one...See moreCharming love story set on the Erie Canal in the mid-19th Century. A farmer works on the canal to earn money to buy a farm. He meets a cook on a canal boat, but she can't even consider leaving the exciting life on the canal for a banal one on a farm... Written by Ed Lorusso See less
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Writers
Marc Connelly (play) | Frank B. Elser (play) | Max Wilk (adaptation)
Status
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Updated Dec 30, 1949

Release date
Dec 30, 1949 (United States)

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2 cast members
Name Known for
Geraldine Brooks
Molly Larkin Molly Larkin   See fewer
Dane Clark
Dan Harrow Dan Harrow   See fewer
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