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Song of the Plough
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Wikipedia article
'Song of the Plough', later re-released with the alternative title 'Country Fair', is a 1933 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Stewart Rome, Rosalinde Fuller and Allan Jeayes. The screenplay concerns an English farmer who is saved from financial ruin when his dog wins at a sheepdog trials.
The film was a quota quickie made for distribution by the American company MGM. It was filmed at Shepperton Studios with location shooting on a Sussex farm. It received a poor review from 'The Observer' critic C. A. Lejeune, but she was forced to withdraw this following many letters in support of the film. The film proved unexpectedly popular when it was released.Chibnall p.123-124
Cast
* Stewart Rome as Farmer Freeland
* Rosalinde Fuller as Miss Freeland
* Allan Jeayes as Joe Saxby
* Hay Petrie as Farmhand
* Kenneth Kove as Archie
* Jack Livesey as Squire's Son
* Edgar Driver as Barber
* James Harcourt as Doctor
* Freddie Watts as Bandsman
* Albert Richardson as Singer
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve. 'Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film'. British Film Institute, 2007.
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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