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.

• William A. WellmanDirector
• W.L. RiverScreenplay
• Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer

• Barbara StanwyckHannah Sempler Hoyt
• Joel McCreaMr. Sempler
• Brian DonlevySteely Edwards
• K.T. StevensGirl Biographer
• Thurston HallMr. Sempler
• Lloyd CorriganMr. Cadwallader
• Etta McDanielDelilah
• William B. DavidsonSen. Knobs
• Lillian YarboMandy
• Helen LyndBettina
• Mary TreenPersis
• Lucien LittlefieldCity Editor