The Great Man's Lady

The Great Man's Lady

90 mins | Drama, Romance, Western | April 15, 1942

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.

The Great Man's Lady

90 mins | Drama, Romance, Western | April 15, 1942

The Great Man's Lady
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Paramount
Original title The Great Man's Lady
Directors Clem Jones, William A. Wellman
Writers W.L. River, Adela Rogers St. Johns, ViƱa Delmar, Seena Owen

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

as Hannah Sempler Hoyt

Joel McCrea

as Mr. Sempler

Brian Donlevy

as Steely Edwards

K.T. Stevens

as Girl Biographer

Thurston Hall

as Mr. Sempler

Lloyd Corrigan

as Mr. Cadwallader

Etta McDaniel

as Delilah

William B. Davidson

as Sen. Knobs

Lillian Yarbo

as Mandy

Helen Lynd

as Bettina

Mary Treen

as Persis

Lucien Littlefield

as City Editor

John Hamilton

as Sen. Grant

George Irving

as Dr. Adams (uncredited)

Charles Lane

as Pierce (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz

as Hank Allen (uncredited)

Damian O'Flynn

as Burns (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

as Officer Murphy (uncredited)

Frank M. Thomas

as Frisbee

Irving Bacon

as Parson

Hank Bell

as Man #1, Hoyt City

Monte Blue

as Man #2, Hoyt City

Horace B. Carpenter

as Man in Saloon

George Chandler

as Forbes

David Clyde

as Bartender

Tom Coleman

as Spectator at Dedication

Tex Cooper

as Wagon Train Man

Tex Driscoll

as Wagon Train Member

Fern Emmett

as City Editor's Secretary

Sam Harris

as Politician on Dais

G.P. Huntley

as Quentin

Jack Kenny

as Man in Saloon

Ethan Laidlaw

as Man in Saloon

Larry Lawson

as Man #3, Hoyt City

Buck Mack

as Bartender

Lee Moore

as Gambler

Ottola Nesmith

as Mrs. Frisbee

Anna Q. Nilsson

as Paula Wales

Milton Parsons

as Foreman

Bob Perry

as Miner

Lee Phelps

as Chairman

Tex Phelps

as Townsman

John Roy

as Man in Saloon

Eleanor Stewart

as Miss Frisbee

Dorothy Vernon

as Spectator at Dedication

Charles Williams

as Assayer