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Farmer's Daughter?

post #1 of 21
1/17/07 at 7:53pm
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Is this show even a blip on Sony's radar?
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post #2 of 21
1/17/07 at 8:01pm

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Sure would be great to see this Classic 60's series on dvd. It's been a long time since it aired anywhere
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post #3 of 21
1/17/07 at 8:12pm

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I had such a crush on Inger Stevens...

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post #4 of 21
1/17/07 at 10:42pm
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Didn't we all? So pretty and so sad what happened to her. She really is one of the forgotten beauties of 60s television.
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post #5 of 21
1/18/07 at 3:21am

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I also had a BIG crush on her.
Hard to believe she'd be 72 years old if she were around today.
William Windom her costar on "The Farmer's Daughter" said she was "a woman of many secrets."
BTW...loved her "Twilight Zone" appearances also..."going MY way ??"
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post #6 of 21
1/18/07 at 5:46am

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It's particularly sad that at the time of her mysterious death she was set to star in the series The Most Dangerous Game for Aaron Spelling and ABC, and she was involved with Burt Reynolds despite her secret (and rocky) marriage to Ike Jones. In a way, her sitcom was a 60s version of a later Sony hit, The Nanny- just substitute Katy Holstrum and Congressman Glen Morley for Fran Fine and Maxwell Sheffield and you'll get the idea. Both girls come from 'outside' worlds, charm the pants off everybody and by the end they both marry their bosses and adopt the kids!

This is another lost TV gem waiting rediscovery- a slight problem to Sony (even though personally I don't see it as one) is that the first two seasons of The Farmer's Daughter are in B/W, with the last in color.

BTW, what about the original hit movie with Loretta Young & Joseph Cotten- it was an RKO release, so presumably it's in the Warner/Turner library- or is it? I'd love to the movie on DVD as well!
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post #7 of 21
1/18/07 at 6:38am

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Ms. Stevens was always one of my favorite 60s era small screen sirens. IMDB has a great mini-biography on her short and tragic life. I knew of her suicide (and earlier attempt) but hadn't realized that she escaped death two other times (carbon monoxide poisoning on a set and a jetliner crash). Makes "The Hitch-hiker" all the more eerily prophetic.

The only episode I have in my collection featuring a performance of Inger is in "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" S2 ("My Brother, Richard"), also starring two firm favorites of mine, Royal Dano and Harry Townes. I would love to see her performances in "Route 66", "The Eleventh Hour", "Hong Kong", "Adventures in Paradise", "Zane Grey Theater" and "Checkmate". Most every guest spot she did was to a show that hasn't been released--with the obvious exception being TZ.
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post #8 of 21
1/18/07 at 10:53am
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Yes, the problem of all of those great early 60s dramas that are buried in the vaults. You know it's too bad the studios don't really have much ingenuity or desire to capitalize on their back catalogues. One way they could exploit their properties would be to take a bunch of guest appearances by a performer in several series and release it as a tribute to that performer. Like Inger for instance. Looking over her guest shots, Fox could take her Follow the Sun, Hong Kong, Dick Powell, Adventures in Paradise, Detectives and Zane Grey Theatre and put a set together. It would be a nice way to put out shows that have a limited appeal because of being so rarely seen. But then that's far too forward thinking for anyone at the majors to ever get involved in.
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post #9 of 21
1/18/07 at 1:03pm

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One way they could exploit their properties would be to take a bunch of guest appearances by a performer in several series and release it as a tribute to that performer.

I had that very same thought about Charles Bronson, after I kept seeing him turn up in 1950s series like "The Roy Rogers Show," "Medic," "Treasury Men in Action," "U.S. Marshal," "One Step Beyond," "Four Star Theater," and finally graduating to his own series "Man with a Camera." It's really a great idea and would help showcase lots of older shows that might not otherwise see the light of day on DVD, since the star becomes the primary selling point.
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post #10 of 21
1/18/07 at 6:30pm

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The Farmer's Daughter was a well written, thought-provoking, gentle show. Really more of a drama than a sitcom, even though it's usually classified as a sitcom. Inger Stevens was quite a hearthrob. Too bad today's entertainment climate would never foster a show like that. Also a reminder of cable's golden years, when CBN aired Farmer's, Dobie Gillis, Bachelor Father, I Married Joan, and more. Most of us didn't have CBN back in the mid 80's when these shows were on. TVLand aired some Detectives several years ago, but not Inger's episode, Song of the Guilty Heart.
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post #11 of 21
1/18/07 at 7:16pm

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Count me in for 1) having a crush on Inger when I was a kid, and 2) wanting to see this show again (at least on TV if not on DVD.)

Who knows, the first season of Hazel made it out (not colorized, to boot!) so maybe there's a chance for TFD.
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post #12 of 21
2/19/10 at 5:55pm
Inger Stevens was the answer in a crossword puzzle I was working on tonight...which put me in mind of this thread.

I sure would love to see this show again.

TEWTD00Z.jpgInger%20Stevens.jpg

Did I mention the crush I had on Inger as a young boy?!? 
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post #13 of 21
2/19/10 at 6:14pm
I never knew about her time on TV or death. My only recollection of Inger was in the Clint Eastwood movie "Hang'em High". Now I'll have to keep an eye out for her to see if she shows up as a guest star in any of my classic TV series. Another favorite of mine that I have noticed showing up from time to time as a guest star in classic TV is Julie Adam's.
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post #14 of 21
2/19/10 at 7:03pm
Yes, Inger Stevens was always a very pleasing Actor. I really liked her!!!!
I often heard stories from my parents about how very troubled she was, while we were all watching together "The Farmer's Daughter" TV Series. The story I always heard was that once she drink some paint in a Suicide Attempt, and that it had affected her eyes for life. And I never will forgot the last movie she did just before her death, with Burt Reynolds where her eyes looked so very depressed through the entire movie! It was so sad!!! I hated seeing her that way when she had always looked so good!!!!!!

I hope that they do release "The Farmer's Daughter."

Incidently Mike! You posted some Great Photos of Inger Stevens!!!!! Thanks Alot!!!!!!! 
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post #15 of 21
2/19/10 at 7:23pm
One episode of the Farmer's Daughter I really wanted on tape (now DVD) was the telecast where she played both her regular self and Congressman Morley's deceased wife in flashbacks, when she came across her diary in a closet.

At the time I thought it was incredibly original for her to play both parts. And you had to look close to realize it was HER, but changing her hair color to a brunette and totally dropping her Swedish accent and mannerisms.

Really great episode and incredibly moving.

James
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post #16 of 21
2/19/10 at 7:32pm
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One episode of the Farmer's Daughter I really wanted on tape (now DVD) was the telecast where she played both her regular self and Congressman Morley's deceased wife in flashbacks, when she came across her diary in a closet.

At the time I thought it was incredibly original for her to play both parts. And you had to look close to realize it was HER, but changing her hair color to a brunette and totally dropping her Swedish accent and mannerisms.

Really great episode and incredibly moving.

James

Now you mention it James, I do remember that episode! It was very Entertaining Indeed!!!!!! Inger Stevens was quite excellent at her craft!
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post #17 of 21
2/20/10 at 4:53am
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I never knew about her time on TV or death. My only recollection of Inger was in the Clint Eastwood movie "Hang'em High". Now I'll have to keep an eye out for her to see if she shows up as a guest star in any of my classic TV series.

The first time I saw Inger was in an old Twilight Zone rerun called, The Hitchhiker. She was driving alone cross county, and she kept passing the same hitch-hiker. My mom was watching it with me. She remembered Inger from The Farmer's Daughter when she was younger, and told me I would like that show because I was into old shows featuring pretty women like Bewitched and Jeannie. I remember that she pointed out her dimples. I eventually got to watch it when one of the cable stations aired it in the mid 1980s. (I think it was CBN.) Wish I had recorded some episodes because it never aired again.

I also have her biography called, The Farmer's Daughter Remembered by William Patterson. It is an interesting read, and I recommend it. Besides her suicide attempts, she also had to hide the fact that she was married to Ike Jones, an African American, because interracial marriage was considered unacceptable and career suicide back then.
Edited by Ron Lee Green - 2/20/10 at 5:16am
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post #18 of 21
2/20/10 at 7:43am
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I also have her biography called, The Farmer's Daughter Remembered by William Patterson. It is an interesting read, and I recommend it. Besides her suicide attempts, she also had to hide the fact that she was married to Ike Jones, an African American, because interracial marriage was considered unacceptable and career suicide back then.






 
So very interesting Ron! I had no idea that she was married to Ike Jones. She sure did keep it hidden!!!!! 
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post #19 of 21
2/20/10 at 1:14pm
One of the last things she did was a feature with Anthony Quinn called "A Dream of Kings" that Playboy showcased with some nude pictures of her with Quinn. Those pictures were permanently imprinted on my 15 year-old mind and linger to this day. She was hot. What a tragedy.
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post #20 of 21
2/20/10 at 5:53pm
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One episode of the Farmer's Daughter I really wanted on tape (now DVD) was the telecast where she played both her regular self and Congressman Morley's deceased wife in flashbacks, when she came across her diary in a closet.

At the time I thought it was incredibly original for her to play both parts. And you had to look close to realize it was HER, but changing her hair color to a brunette and totally dropping her Swedish accent and mannerisms.

Really great episode and incredibly moving.

James

An extra thought. This really stuck in my head because most family comedies and dramas never discussed previous, deceased spouses much. For example, in The Brady Bunch, Carol and MIke rarely (if at all) talked about their late husband/wife. Same thing on My Three Sons and other such shows.

This was something a bit different. The writers of The Farmers Daughter took a typical plot given at the time, and used it to make an outstanding episode.

James
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post #21 of 21
1/7/12 at 12:14pm
I recall this episode. Saw it as a child and it made me cry all over again recently.
What I liked this time was that it also gave some insight into Glen's character;
the viewer saw that his assertive wife fairly pushed him into a career in politics
AND informed him that they were having a second child, one clearly not on
HIS radar. It puts him in the light of being someone thrust into a life he may not
have wanted, and stolidly coping as best he can. Perhaps that's why he objects
to all the family members who desire his immediate marriage to Katy, whom
he clearly loves but won't commit to. I don't know about the writers, but this show
had some great characters.
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