The Great Man's Lady

The story

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.

Cast

B Barbara StanwyckHannah Sempler Hoyt J Joel McCreaMr. Sempler B Brian DonlevySteely Edwards K K.T. StevensGirl Biographer T Thurston HallMr. Sempler L Lloyd CorriganMr. Cadwallader E Etta McDanielDelilah W William B. DavidsonSen. Knobs L Lillian YarboMandy H Helen LyndBettina M Mary TreenPersis L Lucien LittlefieldCity Editor

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J John HamiltonSen. Grant F Fred 'Snowflake' ToonesPogey G George IrvingDr. Adams (uncredited) C Charles LanePierce (uncredited) T Theodore von EltzHank Allen (uncredited) D Damian O'FlynnBurns (uncredited) P Pat O'MalleyOfficer Murphy (uncredited) F Frank M. ThomasFrisbee I Irving BaconParson H Hank BellMan #1, Hoyt City M Monte BlueMan #2, Hoyt City H Horace B. CarpenterMan in Saloon G George ChandlerForbes D David ClydeBartender T Tom ColemanSpectator at Dedication T Tex CooperWagon Train Man T Tex DriscollWagon Train Member F Fern EmmettCity Editor's Secretary S Sam HarrisPolitician on Dais G G.P. HuntleyQuentin J Jack KennyMan in Saloon E Ethan LaidlawMan in Saloon L Larry LawsonMan #3, Hoyt City B Buck MackBartender L Lee MooreGambler O Ottola NesmithMrs. Frisbee A Anna Q. NilssonPaula Wales M Milton ParsonsForeman B Bob PerryMiner L Lee PhelpsChairman T Tex PhelpsTownsman J John RoyMan in Saloon E Eleanor StewartMiss Frisbee D Dorothy VernonSpectator at Dedication C Charles WilliamsAssayer