The Great Man's Lady

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Release date: October 31, 1941
Duration: 90 minutes
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Overview

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.

Starring

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Barbara Stanwyck
Hannah Sempler Hoyt
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Joel McCrea
Mr. Sempler
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Brian Donlevy
Steely Edwards
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K.T. Stevens
Girl Biographer
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Thurston Hall
Mr. Sempler