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Down on the Farm (1920 film)

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Down on the Farm
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Directed byErle C. Kenton
Ray Grey
F. Richard Jones
Written byRay Grey
Raymond Griffith
Mack Sennett
Produced byMack Sennett
CinematographyFred Jackman
Perry Evans
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • April 25, 1920 (1920-04-25)
Running time
50 minutes; 5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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.[1][2] It premiered at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana, California on December 28–30, 1919,[3][4] and was released nationally three months later, opening at the Strand Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana on April 4, 1920.[5]

Copies survive at the Library of Congress and reportedly at Gosfilmofond, Russian State Archive.[6]

Film still showing (from left) Bert Roach, Harry Gribbon, James Finlayson, and Louise Fazenda

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References

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  1. ^ The American film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Down on the Farm at silentera.com
  3. ^ "First Showing in the Entire World 'Down on the Farm'". Santa Ana Daily Evening Register. December 27, 1919. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Throngs Crowd Theater for Big Bill". Santa Ana Register. December 29, 1919. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette". April 4, 1920. p. 3 (Section 4).
  6. ^ 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
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