The Great Man's Lady
1941In 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.
Acted in
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
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
as Pogey
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