Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Rouben MamoulianDirector
- Oscar Hammerstein IIWriter
- George O'NeilWriter
- Robert Russell BennettOriginal Music Composer
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
Stills
Themes
small townpennsylvania, usamusical