The Farmer Takes a Wife
A romantic triangle develops on Erie Canal boats in 1850. Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new h…
The Farmer Takes a Wife
A romantic triangle develops on Erie Canal boats in 1850. Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new haul-horse driver Dan Harrow and the inevitable triangle develops (complicated by Dan's desire to farm and Molly's to boat) against a background of the canalmen's fight against the encroaching railroad. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Comedy,Musical,Romance
Film Details
A romantic triangle develops on Erie Canal boats in 1850. Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new haul-horse driver Dan Harrow and the inevitable triangle develops (complicated by Dan's desire to farm and Molly's to boat) against a background of the canalmen's fight against the encroaching railroad.
—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>.