Michael
2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 1937
High, Wide and Handsome
Directed by
Rouben Mamoulian
The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded. They're taken in by Mrs. Cortlandt and her grandson, Peter, who is trying to set up a pipeline that will supply oil throughout the state. Sally and Peter soon fall in love and marry. Neither their marriage nor Peter's pipe dreams flow …
The story
The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded. They're taken in by Mrs. Cortlandt and her grandson, Peter, who is trying to set up a pipeline that will supply oil throughout the state. Sally and Peter soon fall in love and marry. Neither their marriage nor Peter's pipe dreams flow too smoothly.
Cast
Irene DunneSally Watterson
Randolph ScottPeter Cortlandt
Dorothy LamourMolly Fuller
Elizabeth PattersonGrandma Cortlandt
Raymond WalburnDoc Watterson
Charles BickfordRed Scanlon
Akim TamiroffJoe Varese
Ben BlueZeke
William FrawleyMac
Alan HaleWalt Brennan
Irving PichelMr. Stark
Stanley AndrewsLem Moulton
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