The Farmer's Daughter (1947)

Academy Awards, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1948	Won	Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role Loretta Young
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Charles Bickford

RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by H.C. Potter
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(VHS, Starz/Anchor Bay)
(Turner Classic Movies)

Loretta Young leaves her family farm for the big city. She is immediately taken advantage of by a painter who gives her a lift from the bus stop. Penniless, she takes a job as a maid to wealthy politician Joseph Cotten and his mother Ethel Barrymore. Her impeccable moral character and work ethic impress the politician and his friends so much that she becomes a sort of political adviser, while Cotten falls in love with her. A sudden death leads to her improbable run for the vacant seat, but for the opposition, which causes problems for her developing romance. It's sort of a feminine variation of Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington. Then, as now, the Academy was impressed by a well-rehearsed accent which awarded her with an Oscar.