What is Champagne / The Farmer's Wife about?

Double Feature: CHAMPAGNE, 1928, Rialto, 105 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. In this effervescent romantic comedy, British star Betty Balfour plays a spoiled rich girl whose free-spending ways inspire her father to play a trick that will teach her a little frugality – and test the true intentions of her fiancé. A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with STUDIOCANAL. THE FARMER'S WIFE, 1928, Rialto, 107 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Farmer Sweetland has been a widower for years when his daughter’s marriage inspires him to look for a new wife. Methodical in his search for a bride, he enlists his steadfast housekeeper, Minta, to help him come up with a list of possible spouses - who each put the proud Sweetland through the gauntlet. A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with STUDIOCANAL. Both films presented with live musical accompaniment.

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What is Champagne / The Farmer's Wife about?: Double Feature: CHAMPAGNE, 1928, Rialto, 105 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. In this effervescent romantic comedy, British star Betty Balfour plays a spoiled rich girl whose free-spending ways inspire her father to play a trick that will teach her a little frugality – and test the true intentions of her fiancé. A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with STUDIOCANAL. THE FARMER'S WIFE, 1928, Rialto, 107 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Farmer Sweetland has been a widower for years when his daughter’s marriage inspires him to look for a new wife. Methodical in his search for a bride, he enlists his steadfast housekeeper, Minta, to help him come up with a list of possible spouses - who each put the proud Sweetland through the gauntlet. A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with STUDIOCANAL. Both films presented with live musical accompaniment.