Down on the Farm

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. 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) 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