
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.
Release Date: 1941-10-31
Western
Drama
Romance
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Casts

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