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The Cowboy and the Lady
Film / 1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

Directed by H. C. Potter
ComedyRomanceWestern

★ 6.3/10Audience rating

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.

The story

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.

Cast

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Frederick VogedingCaptain Iron Eyes CodyRodeo Indian (uncredited) Hank WordenCowhand Leonard (uncredited) Irving BaconChester - Smith's Secretary (uncredited) Danny BorzageMusician (uncredited) Franklyn FarnumCowboy (uncredited) George ChandlerReporter (uncredited) Charles ColemanHorace Smith's Butler (uncredited) Eddie AcuffBus Driver (uncredited) Murray AlperCowboy at Ranch (uncredited) Silver Tip BakerRodeo Cowboy (uncredited) Jack BaxleyRodeo Rider (uncredited) Chris Willow BirdParty Guest (uncredited) Ed BradyCarpenter at Ranch (uncredited) Steve ClementeKnife Thrower (uncredited) Mabel ColcordOld Woman (uncredited) James ConatyGambling House Patron (uncredited) Edward CooperSmith's Servant (uncredited) Curley DresdenMan Washing (uncredited) Sarah EdwardsDinner Party Guest (uncredited) Frank EllisParty Guest (uncredited) Sam GarrettRider and Roper (uncredited) William GillisParty Guest (uncredited) Arthur HoytValet (uncredited) Si JenksCowboy at Rodeo (uncredited) John JuddRodeo Rider (uncredited) Ethan LaidlawMan in Rodeo Stands (uncredited) Mike LallyCroupier (uncredited) Chief Many TreatiesParty Guest (uncredited) Robert MiddlemassNewspaper Chief (uncredited) Edmund MortimerDinner Party Guest (uncredited) Edgar NortonSmith's Servant (uncredited) Lee PhelpsCarpenter (uncredited) Russ PowellRodeo Rider (uncredited) Tom RickettsOld Man Sitting next to Mary at the Banquet Table (uncredited) Syd SaylorCowboy at Ranch (uncredited) Tom SmithParty Guest (uncredited) Emmett VoganNewspaper Editor (uncredited) Ethel WalesDinner Party Guest (uncredited) Blue WashingtonDock Worker (uncredited) Billy WayneRodeo Rider (uncredited) Guy WilkersonRodeo Cowboy (uncredited) Harry WilsonMan Shaving (uncredited) Florence WixDinner Party Guest (uncredited) William WorthingtonDinner Party Guest (uncredited) David NewellGambler (uncredited)

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