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.

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  William A. Wellman
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  Clem Jones

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  Barbara Stanwyck
  Hannah Sempler Hoyt
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  Joel McCrea
  Mr. Sempler
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  Brian Donlevy
  Steely Edwards
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  K.T. Stevens
  Girl Biographer
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  Thurston Hall
  Mr. Sempler
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  Lloyd Corrigan
  Mr. Cadwallader
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  Etta McDaniel
  Delilah
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  William B. Davidson
  Sen. Knobs
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  Lillian Yarbo
  Mandy
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  Helen Lynd
  Bettina
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  Mary Treen
  Persis
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  Lucien Littlefield
  City Editor
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  John Hamilton
  Sen. Grant
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  Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
  Pogey
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  George Irving
  Dr. Adams (uncredited)
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  Charles Lane
  Pierce (uncredited)
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  Theodore von Eltz
  Hank Allen (uncredited)
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  Damian O'Flynn
  Burns (uncredited)
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  Pat O'Malley
  Officer Murphy (uncredited)
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  Frank M. Thomas
  Frisbee