Film
The Great Man's Lady
United States- Age rating
- NR
- Director
- William A. Wellman
- Year
- 1941
She's his secret woman!
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.
Top cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Hannah Sempler Hoyt
Joel McCrea
Mr. Sempler
Brian Donlevy
Steely Edwards
K.T. Stevens
Girl Biographer
Thurston Hall
Mr. Sempler
Lloyd Corrigan
Mr. Cadwallader
Etta McDaniel
Delilah
William B. Davidson
Sen. Knobs
Lillian Yarbo
Mandy
Helen Lynd
Bettina
Mary Treen
Persis
Lucien Littlefield
City Editor
John Hamilton
Sen. Grant
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Pogey
George Irving
Dr. Adams (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Pierce (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Hank Allen (uncredited)
Damian O'Flynn
Burns (uncredited)
Directed by
William A. Wellman
Written by
Viña Delmar, W.L. River, Seena Owen, Adela Rogers St. Johns
Produced by
William A. Wellman
