The Great Man's Lady
1941 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 877 VOTES · DIR. William A. Wellman
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,223 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:40 Every day for 35 years she's been sitting down there
00:06:04 Follow them.
00:08:55 You should be ashamed of yourselves.
00:12:29 Twenty-year-old stuff.
00:16:20 That's because he's a ne'er-do-well.
00:18:58 and I came to you because... Well...
00:21:31 About the matter of risk.
00:24:39 Oh!
00:28:53 You're crying.
00:32:37 Everything has to start somewhere.
00:35:26 Uh, Mr. Frisbee wants you to sign this little paper, dear.
00:37:57 Dawson and the railroad gang got millions.
00:40:54 To take advantage when he...
00:45:10 That was when Ethan was in the Washoe Mountains, a place called Virginia City.
00:48:23 A black hill called the Sun Mountain.
00:51:15 Yes, Ethan.
00:56:01 All aboard.
01:04:06 Hannah, he's married. He married again.
01:08:14 She'll help you lose your money with the greatest of pleasure.
01:11:07 I'm going back to Hoyt City, Steely.
01:15:09 guilty conscience, huh?
01:19:59 When?
01:24:11 Then he was all alone again in the world, like I was
02:00:00 out beyond the Mississippi.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,223
Dialogue density13.6 lines / min
First line00:02:40
Final line02:00:00
Production Record
DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes877