Movie

The Great Man's Lady

She's his secret woman!

1941★ 6.3 · 121h 30mWesternDramaRomance

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.

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Cast

Joel McCrea
as Mr. Sempler

Brian Donlevy
as Steely Edwards

Barbara Stanwyck
as Hannah Sempler Hoyt

Lloyd Corrigan
as Mr. Cadwallader

Irving Bacon
as Parson

Charles Lane
as Pierce (uncredited)

John Hamilton
as Sen. Grant

George Irving
as Dr. Adams (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley
as Officer Murphy (uncredited)

Fern Emmett
as City Editor's Secretary

Anna Q. Nilsson
as Paula Wales

George Chandler
as Forbes