The Harvester (1936)

In a small town in Indiana in the 1890s the domineering and ambitious Mrs Biddle arranges a marriage between her spoiled daughter Thelma and the towns prize catch harvester David Langston who is wedded to the soil David is friends with orphan Ruth Jameson and although she is in love with him he eventually gives in to the machinations of Mrs Biddle and consents to marry Thelma Meanwhile technological advances come to town including its first gasoline buggy galvanic battery and metal bathtub fitted with running water When Mrs Biddle tries to convince David to give up the farming life and join her husband in real estate Mr Biddle henpecked and dissatisfied with city life warns David against selling his farm