Down on the Farm
About Down on the Farm
On Roach's farm the dog Teddy does more work than the hands. One of the hands decides to play the rescuer for Roach's daughter Louise. Louise Fazenda plays her. Mack Sennett produced the feature-length rural comedy. The day that starts as chores turns into his campaign.
Cast & crew
More about Down on the Farm
Erle C. Kenton, Ray Grey, and F. Richard Jones directed. Sennett, Grey, and Raymond Griffith wrote it. Fred Jackman photographed it. It premiered at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana, California, on 28–30 December 1919, and opened nationally at the Strand Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on 4 April 1920. United Artists distributed it. Harry Gribbon, James Finlayson, and Billy Armstrong are in the cast. Running time 50 minutes.
Themes
Making
Sennett stretched a farm farce to feature length and gave it a December preview months before the April release.
Look
Fred Jackman photographed the farm scenes.
Preservation
Prints survive at the Library of Congress. A copy has also been reported at Gosfilmofond.
Notes
- Teddy, the dog, is the hardest worker in the opening.
- Finlayson, later a Laurel and Hardy foil, is in the company.
- The Santa Ana dates are a premiere. The Fort Wayne opening is the national release.
- Copies are at the Library of Congress and, by report, at Gosfilmofond.
Scenes
- Teddy is shown doing the chores the men avoid.
- The hand sets out to impress Louise.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-down-on-the-farm)
