

The Great Man's Lady
1941-10-31 · 90 min · ★ 6.3
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.
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- Directors
- William A. Wellman
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Barbara StanwyckHannah Sempler Hoyt
Joel McCreaMr. Sempler
Brian DonlevySteely Edwards
K.T. StevensGirl Biographer
Thurston HallMr. Sempler
Lloyd CorriganMr. Cadwallader
Etta McDanielDelilah
William B. DavidsonSen. Knobs
Lillian YarboMandy
Helen LyndBettina
Mary TreenPersis
Lucien LittlefieldCity Editor
John HamiltonSen. Grant
Fred 'Snowflake' ToonesPogey
George IrvingDr. Adams (uncredited)
Charles LanePierce (uncredited)
Theodore von EltzHank Allen (uncredited)
Damian O'FlynnBurns (uncredited)
Pat O'MalleyOfficer Murphy (uncredited)
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