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'''Poor Mrs. Jones (1926)''' is a 46 minute, [[black and white]] comedy, drama and family [[silent film]] produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and directed by Raymond Evans. <ref> IMDb. "Poor Mrs. Jones!". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183719/companycredits?ref_=ttfc_sa_3 </ref> Shot on location in Washington, DC and at a farm in Maryland, the film features [[Leona Roberts]] as Jane Jones, a rural housewife tired of a grueling and unglamorous day-to-day life. She takes a vacation to the city where she stays with her sister Hattie, played by |
'''Poor Mrs. Jones (1926)''' is a 46 minute, [[black and white]] comedy, drama and family [[silent film]] produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and directed by Raymond Evans. <ref> IMDb. "Poor Mrs. Jones!". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183719/companycredits?ref_=ttfc_sa_3 </ref> Shot on location in Washington, DC and at a farm in Maryland, the film features [[Leona Roberts]] as Jane Jones, a 1920s rural housewife tired of a grueling and unglamorous day-to-day life. She takes a vacation to the city where she stays with her sister Hattie, played by Maud Howell Smith. The USDA produced this film as a montage to esteem farming and farm life as more virtuous than life in the city. |
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==Plot== |
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Mrs. Lane Jones is seen working around her Maryland farm she owns with her husband, John Jones. As she works, things seem to go poorly for her. Frustrated, Mrs. Jones gives up and demands that her John sells the farm and move into town. As a compromise, John suggests that Lane spend a few weeks in town with her sister Hattie to take a break from grueling farm work. |
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lane arrives at her sister Hattie's home. Although Hattie and her husband makes more money than Lane and John, Hattie and her husband live in a very small apartment; the grass in town isn't nearly as greener as life on the farm. It's a not so subtle message from the USDA in support of the farmers' life. |
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Jane finally returns home and accepts how great life is on the family farm versus city life. |
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==Cast and Crew== |
==Cast and Crew== |
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Poor Mrs. Jones (1926) is a 46 minute, black and white comedy, drama and family silent film produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and directed by Raymond Evans. [1] Shot on location in Washington, DC and at a farm in Maryland, the film features Leona Roberts as Jane Jones, a 1920s rural housewife tired of a grueling and unglamorous day-to-day life. She takes a vacation to the city where she stays with her sister Hattie, played by Maud Howell Smith. The USDA produced this film as a montage to esteem farming and farm life as more virtuous than life in the city.
Plot
Mrs. Lane Jones is seen working around her Maryland farm she owns with her husband, John Jones. As she works, things seem to go poorly for her. Frustrated, Mrs. Jones gives up and demands that her John sells the farm and move into town. As a compromise, John suggests that Lane spend a few weeks in town with her sister Hattie to take a break from grueling farm work.
lane arrives at her sister Hattie's home. Although Hattie and her husband makes more money than Lane and John, Hattie and her husband live in a very small apartment; the grass in town isn't nearly as greener as life on the farm. It's a not so subtle message from the USDA in support of the farmers' life.
Jane finally returns home and accepts how great life is on the family farm versus city life.
Cast and Crew
- Raymond Evans - Director
- Grace Frysinger - Writer
- Martin Marks - Music
- Eugene Tucker - Cinematography
- Leona Roberts - Lane Jones
- Walter Beck - John Jones
- Maud Howell Smith - Hattie - Jane's sister
- Arthur J. Rhodes - Hattie's husband
- ^ IMDb. "Poor Mrs. Jones!". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1183719/companycredits?ref_=ttfc_sa_3