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. 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.

Down on the Farm (1920 film)

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)

Down on the Farm (1920 film)

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

References

External links

allmovie listing

1920 films

Films directed by Erle C. Kenton

United Artists films

1920 comedy films

Silent American comedy films

American black-and-white films

American silent feature films

Films directed by F. Richard Jones

1920s American films

Down on the Farm (1920 film)