City Girl

Synopsis: Lem goes to Chicago to sell the wheat his family has grown on their farm in Minnesota. There he meets the waitress Kate. They fall in love and get married before going back to the farm. Kate is accepted by Lem's mother and kid sister but is rejected by his father, who believes she married for the money. (And the fact that Lem didn't get a fair price for the wheat is her fault too). The reapers arrive and quickly they make things even more complicated by making their move on Kate. Lem misunderstands the situation and believes Kate is actually interested. In despair Kate leaves the farm and Lem goes looking for her.

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director(s): F.W. Murnau

Actors: Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David Torrence, Edith Yorke

Production: 20th Century Fox


IMDB:: 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes:: 80%

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: PASSED
Year:: 1930
: 90 min
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You must get this amount or
it will be serious.Your Father
"First call for lunch
in the dining car"!
Your handkerchiefs are
under your shirts.
Use a clean one every day.
Don't stay out late at night
Don't take up with strangers.
Remember we are depending on you
to do your best.
Was that the first call for luncheon?
Guess so. It's the first one
I've heard, ma'am.
Maybe I made a mistake...
...sendin' Lem to Chicago...alone.
I raise wheat to sell, not to
play with! Every grain counts!
Give us this day
our daily bread....
Get to work, Kate... that fan's
for the files!
If the files are as hot as
I am, they need it!
Can you beat it ?
He's praying !
Betcha two bits he's gonna
take a chance on the hash !
I'd like some corned beef hash
and coffee, please.
You win!
Gee! I'm sorry!
It was my fault...for
putting 'em there.
Mother.
Minnesota, eh?
Swede ?
No.. pa is Scotch
Ma is Canadian...
...and I'm plain American.
Lonesome in the big city, aint it ?
What you doin' here?
I'm down here to sell
our wheat crop.
Well, old wheat king, how about
some bread pudding for desert?
I always do that at home.
It makesMa's work easier.
Living on a farm
must be wonderful!
I'm certainly glad to have met you!
I'm glad too.
CROP ESTIMATE PUTS CORN PRICE UP,
WHEAT DOWN.
No letter from Lem yet.
I'm worried, Mother.
Lem's doin' what's right...You keep
forgettin' our boy's a grown man now.
maybe you're right,...
...but I can't help thinkin'
of him as a little shaver.
Just the same, if he don't sell right,
I'll never be able to make both ends meet!
Hey! How does he rate a private breeze?
How old is this fish anyway ?
Don't ask me Mister!
Look in his mouth!
Figurin' how much it'll cost to
take her out tonight, Buddy?
I sold the wheat today...
I hope Pop won't be mad.
He sent you to sell it, didn't he?
But i didn't get his price.
It was droppin' so fast I was
afraid to hold out any longer.
I'd rather be deaf than blind,
wouldn't you ?
I can see you'd be nice company.
What do you do with your evenings?
You'll never know!
You shouldn't 'a done that!
Fighting over me!
I'd fight anybody who tried
to lay a hand on you!
I'm going home....
on the one o'clock train.
Cut short the side order, Kate...
the boss is givin' you the eagle eye!
There's something I wanted to ask..
I wanted to ask...If you...
If you... like...
...like.. like living in the city?
Guess one place is good as another.
It's all a wash-out,
If you ask me!!
Well s'long Kid! Give my love
to the cows and the chickens!
I think... I'll wait a minute.
YOUR WEIGHT and
YOUR FORTUNE.
If you marry the one you are
thinking of all will be well.
I left something behind...
got to get it.
If we get married right away
we can be home by morning.
Just married a sweet girl
waitress in big resyaurant
Know you will love her. Bringing
her home tomorrow.
Your Son
Good girls ain't that free and easy
about getting married.
The boy's been roped in!
Oh, Lem, it's wonderful to have a home
and a mother and father...
And a man of my own...
...a real two-fisted guy...
to take care of me!
Ma ...this is Kate!
This is the prettiest bridal bouquet
I ever saw!
You're Marie, ain't you?
If I catch you playin' with wheat
again, I'll whip you!
Father... here's Kate.
How much did you get
for the wheat?
Didn't I tell you not to sell
under $1.15?
If you'd been tendin' to my business
'stead of your own, you'd 'a waited.
Change your clothes
and get to work!
The harvesters are
comin' in the mornin'!
Don't mind Father....
he's upset.
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