The Farmer Takes a Wife

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Properties (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf musical
gptkbp:adaptation film adaptation
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical
gptkb:Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score
gptkbp:basedOn The_Farmer_Takes_a_Wife_(play)
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Frank_Loesser
gptkbp:criticalReception positive reviews
popular with audiences
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired future musicals
influenced musical comedy style
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Dan_Dailey
gptkb:Betty_Grable
gptkb:Mark_Sandrich
gptkb:Cameron_Mitchell
1953
gptkbp:genre musical comedy
gptkbp:hasPerformance 1950
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Farmer Takes a Wife
gptkbp:influences gptkb:American_musical_theatre
Broadway_musicals
gptkbp:isReflectedIn 1961
2002
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy considered a classic
performed in schools and community theatres
influenced_later_works_by_Frank_Loesser
gptkbp:notableEvent National tours
Regional theatre productions
London_production
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Ethel_Merman
gptkb:John_Raitt
gptkbp:notableSong gptkb:The_Farmer_Takes_a_Wife
I Got Lost in His Arms
The Wedding of the Year
gptkbp:recordings Film Soundtrack
Original Broadway Cast Recording
Revival Cast Recording
gptkbp:setting rural_America
gptkbp:theme family
love
marriage