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I love this movie so much

Very well executed

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I do not like most love stories. And this no exception. This movie has an awful story line. I is very slow and boring. Do not see this movie. If is an awful movie. This movie will bore you to tires.

Written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock (the director's screenplay was based on a play from Eden Philpotts), this silent comedy (!) begins with the death of the farmer's wife, though the titled character actually refers to said farmer's 'replacement' spouse; the film's story is about his pursuit of several eligible ladies in the community. Apparently there are two versions of this movie; I watched and reviewed the 2+ hour DVD.Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas) is an older man with a housekeeper he calls Minta (Lillian Hall-Davis) and a handyman named Ash (Gordon Harker). After Sweetland's daughter (Antonia Borough to Haward Watts, his only film) is married, there is speculation within the small farming community about whether Samuel will seek another wife. Gibb McLaughlin plays Sweetland's old friend Henry Coaker. Samuel decides that it's time; with Minta's help, he compiles a list of the available women in the area. He then puts on his best coat and goes to call on each one in succession.The widow Louisa Windeatt (Louie Pounds in her only film) turns out to be too independent; Samuel is shocked that she's not interested in being his wife. Thirza Tapper (Maud Gill), who appears to happily be an old maid, is so surprised by Samuel's proposal that she shakes nervously, can't reply, and even faints. Giggling, chubby Mary Hearn (Olga Slade) seems interested at first, but is so put off by Samuel's 'demands' by which she'd have to live that she loses control of herself into hysteria (screaming, rocking forward and back while waving her hands uncontrollably). After each rejection, Samuel crosses the name off his list until only Mercy Bassett (Ruth Maitland), the local barmaid, remains on it. Ash is upset that his master is making a fool of himself while Minta is sympathetic and actually imagines herself as Samuel's next wife.After Sweetland crosses Mercy off the list, he returns home a failure. Minta listens and eventually sits in the fireplace chair opposite Samuel who finally sees the light of day and proposes to his housekeeper. She is cautious, then thrilled to accept his proposal.Meanwhile, Mary has had second thoughts and she returns, with Thirza, to Sweetland's home where both tell him about their change of heart. Samuel says that he's made his decision and each think they are to be the chosen one, but both are surprised when he introduces them to a newly dressed and coiffed Minta descending the staircase.Of course, this causes Mary to go into hysterics again; Thirza only shakes a little bit (though she does appear to be speechless again). Coaker joins the festivities and Ash tells his former co-worker that he'll help her manage the master if she'll help him (e.g. get better pay).

In all honesty I'm not big on romantic comedies - very few of them I actually enjoy and love - most of them are quite boring to me and this film has bored me to tears. Maybe one of these days I will go back to watch this film and enjoy it - but I doubt that. There is NOTHING wrong with this movie - it's cute and all - but as I have stated I'm not into most romantic comedies.I'm sorry I do not like this film - I want to because it's Hitchcock but I don't. I like my Alfred Hitchcock thrilling, mysterious and horrifying and this film is definitely totally opposite of my favorite side of Hitchcock.This film is worth while if you enjoy silent movies and/or romantic comedies. It's just not a film for me.3/10

After his wife dies, and their daughter marries, lonely widowed farmer Jameson Thomas (as Samuel Sweetland) decides to look for holy matrimony with another woman. With the help of devoted housekeeper Lillian Hall-Davis (as Minta Dench) and handyman Gordon Harker (as Churdles Ash), Mr. Thomas proposes to three matronly prospects: independent widow Louie Pounds (as Louisa Windeatt), frigid spinster Maud Gill (as Thirza Tapper), and pillowy postmistress Olga Slade (as Mary Hearn). None of the women prove to be satisfactory, but Thomas' ideal mate is closer than he thinks… If "The Farmer's Wife" were filmed a few years earlier, in Hollywood, with Wallace Reid and Norma Shearer, we might have had four decades of romantic Alfred Hitchcock comedies… well, maybe not. Anyway, it's a good silent moving picture. The opening sequence, which shows the sad passing of the farmer's wife, is very effective; it's a good change from the original play, considering the silent film medium. But, this film is too long, with the daughter's marriage immediately and unnecessarily dragging the story down; moreover, the ending is drawn out. Mr. Hitchcock's food filming fetish is evident throughout - nobody touches Ms. Gill's gelatin! ****** The Farmer's Wife (3/2/28) Alfred Hitchcock ~ Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker, Maud Gill