

The Great Man's Lady
"She's his secret woman!"
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Key Crew

William A. Wellman
Director

William A. Wellman
Producer

Seena Owen
Story
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)

Pat O'Malley
Officer Murphy (uncredited)

Frank M. Thomas
Frisbee