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The Great Man's Lady

1941 · 90 min

A sweeping, bittersweet frontier romance told in flashback, rich in sacrifice and lost love, with a stately, old-fashioned emotional pull.

Genres
Western, Drama
Tagline
She's his secret woman!
Overview
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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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • memory
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • wilderness
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
western, drama
Directed by
William A. Wellman
Written by
W.L. River
Starring
Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, K.T. Stevens, Thurston Hall, Lloyd Corrigan, Etta McDaniel, William B. Davidson
Music
Victor Young
Cinematography
William C. Mellor
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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