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The Great Man's Lady

The Great Man's Lady

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 15, 1942

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Western, Drama, Romance

User Score

63%

Original Title

The Great Man's Lady

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Director

William A. Wellman

Description

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.