The Great Man's Lady (1941)
She's his secret woman!
90 min
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
- October 31, 1941
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Barbara Stanwyck as Hannah Sempler Hoyt
- Joel McCrea as Ethan Hoyt
- 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
- Frank M. Thomas as Frisbee
- William B. Davidson as Sen. Knobs
- Lillian Yarbo as Mandy
Crew
- William A. Wellman · Director
- W.L. River · Writer
- Adela Rogers St. Johns · Writer
- Seena Owen · Writer
- Viña Delmar · Writer
- William A. Wellman · Producer
- Victor Young · Composer
- William C. Mellor · Cinematographer
- Thomas Scott · Editor