The Farmer’s Daughter [Blu-ray]

Broadway promoter Nickie North (Charlie Ruggles, Bringing Up Baby) and press agent Scoop Trimble (William Frawley, I Love Lucy) find an investor for their next show who requires that they cast his ex-flame, Clarice Sheldon, and rehearse out-of-town. The crew set up on a remote family farm, and all is well until the farmer’s klutzy daughter, Patience Bingham (singer-actress Martha Raye, Never Say Die), begins to fall for the leading man. And when the temperamental Clarice walks off the show, North and Trimble scramble to find their new leading lady. Will a star be born when The Farmer’s Daughter takes the stage? Martha Raye is positively radiant in this high-spirited musical comedy directed by James P. Hogan (The Last Train from Madrid) from a story by Delmer Daves (Jubal) and screenplay by Lewis R. Foster (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington).