The Great Man's Lady

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.

Discover

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

Helen Lynd

Bettina

Mary Treen

Persis

Lucien Littlefield

City Editor

John Hamilton

Sen. Grant

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)

Hank Bell

Man #1, Hoyt City

Monte Blue

Man #2, Hoyt City

Horace B. Carpenter

Man in Saloon

David Clyde

Bartender

Tom Coleman

Spectator at Dedication

Tex Cooper

Wagon Train Man

Tex Driscoll

Wagon Train Member

Fern Emmett

City Editor's Secretary

Sam Harris

Politician on Dais

G.P. Huntley

Quentin

Jack Kenny

Man in Saloon

Ethan Laidlaw

Man in Saloon

Larry Lawson

Man #3, Hoyt City

Buck Mack

Bartender

Lee Moore

Gambler

Ottola Nesmith

Mrs. Frisbee

Anna Q. Nilsson

Paula Wales

Bob Perry

Miner

Lee Phelps

Chairman

Tex Phelps

Townsman

John Roy

Man in Saloon

Eleanor Stewart

Miss Frisbee

Dorothy Vernon

Spectator at Dedication

Art

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

A. Earl Hedrick

Art Direction

Camera

William C. Mellor

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Edith Head

Costume Design

Robert Ewing

Makeup Artist

Directing

Clem Jones

Second Assistant Director

Production

Sound

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

Art

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

A. Earl Hedrick

Art Direction

Camera

William C. Mellor

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Edith Head

Costume Design

Robert Ewing

Makeup Artist

Directing

Clem Jones

Second Assistant Director

Production

Sound

Victor Young

Original Music Composer