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The Great Man's Lady

(1941)

October 31, 1941• 1h 30m
63%
TMDB Score

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.

William A. Wellman

Director

Top Billed Cast

BS

Barbara Stanwyck

Hannah Sempler Hoyt

JM

Joel McCrea

Mr. Sempler

BD

Brian Donlevy

Steely Edwards

KS

K.T. Stevens

Girl Biographer

TH

Thurston Hall

Mr. Sempler

LC

Lloyd Corrigan

Mr. Cadwallader

EM

Etta McDaniel

Delilah

WBD

William B. Davidson

Sen. Knobs

LY

Lillian Yarbo

Mandy

HL

Helen Lynd

Bettina