The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy

103 mins | Drama, History | Aug. 28, 1936

It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're in Washington. Peggy is pretty and politically aware. She is courted by several of those politicians and military men who all want to marry her, except for the one with who she is truly in love.

The Gorgeous Hussy

103 mins | Drama, History | Aug. 28, 1936

The Gorgeous Hussy
It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're in Washington. Peggy is pretty and politically aware. She is courted by several of those politicians and military men who all want to marry her, except for the one with who she is truly in love.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Gorgeous Hussy
Directors Clarence Brown
Writers Ainsworth Morgan, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Stephen Morehouse Avery

Cast

Joan Crawford

as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal Eaton

Robert Taylor

as 'Bow' Timberlake

Lionel Barrymore

as Andrew Jackson

Franchot Tone

as John H. Eaton

Melvyn Douglas

as John Randolph

James Stewart

as Roderick "Rowdy" Dow

Beulah Bondi

as Rachel Jackson

Alison Skipworth

as Mrs. Beall

Louis Calhern

as Leroy Sunderland

Melville Cooper

as Cuthbert

Sidney Toler

as Daniel Webster

Gene Lockhart

as Maj. William O'Neal

Clara Blandick

as Louisa Abbott

Frank Conroy

as John C. Calhoun

Nydia Westman

as Maybelle

Willard Robertson

as Secretary Ingham

Charles Trowbridge

as Martin Van Buren

Rubye De Remer

as Mrs. Bellamy

Betty Blythe

as Mrs. Wainwright

Zeffie Tilbury

as Mrs. Daniel Beall

Harry C. Bradley

as President's Secretary (uncredited)

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

as Pageboy at Ball (uncredited)

William Orlamond

as Herr Joab Oxenrider (uncredited)

Frank Reicher

as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

as Horatius (uncredited)