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The Great Man's Lady is a 1942 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea. It is based on the short story "The Human Side" by Viña Delmar. It was filmed at two locations in Thousand Oaks, California: Joel McCrea Ranch and nearby Moorpark Road.
The Great Man's Lady: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, K.T. Stevens. A 100-year-old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks.
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- Drama, Romance, Western
- William A. Wellman
- 1942-11-30
Reviews. 44% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings. An old woman (Barbara Stanwyck) tells the truth about her life with an Old West gambler (Brian Donlevy) and a late, great U.S. senator (Joel ...
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- William A. Wellman
- Western
- Barbara Stanwyck
When the statue of the founder of Hoyt City, Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, the sensationalist reporters and a biographer head to the house of 100-year-old Hannah Sempler, where Ethan died, to know the relationship between them. Ms. Hannah sends them all out but the lady.
The Great Man's Lady was called into being after Cecil B. DeMille's Western epic, Union Pacific (1939), hit big co-starring McCrea and Stanwyck. They were reunited with that film's heavy, Brian Donlevy, who this time also plays a rogue, but a nice one, with heart.
The Great Man’s Lady. 1942. Directed by William A. Wellman. She’s his secret woman! 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’.
Jun 5, 2015 · She has just the right pioneering spirit to leave her old life behind, follow him to the frontier, and steadfastly support him as he rises to become a great man in politics, even after an unexpected tragedy causes their paths to diverge.
