The Great Dan Patch

The Great Dan Patch

"WHAT A TIME FOR LIVING!...AND WHAT A GREAT LOVE STORY THEY LIVED!"
  • 1949
  • 1 hr 34 min
  •  5  (7)
  •   Released

David Palmer, a young chemist, returns to his father's Indiana farm, to marry a local school teacher, Ruth Treadwell. David meets again his father's horse-trainer, Ben Lathrop, whose daughter, Cissy, has left high school to help her father. Palmer marries and becomes wealthy through an invention, and is able to indulge his socially-ambitious wife. His father dies and Palmer returns to Indiana, where his interest in harness-racing is rekindled, as is his interest in Cissy Lathrop.

The Great Dan Patch
Description
David Palmer, a young chemist, returns to his father's Indiana farm, to marry a local school teacher, Ruth Treadwell. David meets again his father's horse-trainer, Ben Lathrop, whose daughter, Cissy, has left high school to help her father. Palmer marries and becomes wealthy through an invention, and is able to indulge his socially-ambitious wife. His father dies and Palmer returns to Indiana, where his interest in harness-racing is rekindled, as is his interest in Cissy Lathrop.
  • Release Date
    1949
  • Runtime
    1 hr 34 min
  • Language
    en
  • Rating
    5  (7)