The Great Man's Lady

Oct 31, 1941

1h 30m

★ 6.3

She's his secret woman!

Overview

In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.

Genres

Western

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Hannah Sempler Hoyt

Barbara Stanwyck

Mr. Sempler

Joel McCrea

Steely Edwards

Brian Donlevy

Girl Biographer

K.T. Stevens

Mr. Sempler

Thurston Hall

Mr. Cadwallader

Lloyd Corrigan

Delilah

Etta McDaniel

Sen. Knobs

William B. Davidson

Mandy

Lillian Yarbo

Bettina

Helen Lynd

Persis

Mary Treen

City Editor

Lucien Littlefield

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