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
00:05:59 The Sempler woman's home.
00:08:44 I bid you good day.
00:12:04 You forget how important everything seems to young people.
00:16:07 Oh, rats! He's really betrothed to my father.
00:18:14 Yes, Father.
00:21:02 Rope them.
00:24:04 Please go away.
00:28:08 For goodness sake.
00:31:33 Won't it wait?
00:34:02 Why not?
00:36:55 I had a dream.
00:39:09 And now where?
00:43:33 We were as young as you in those days.
00:46:39 Ethan, please.
00:49:38 No.
00:53:31 Armor's Diggings, Salmon Flats, Placerville and Carson City!
00:59:04 Save your money, stranger. Have another bottle on me.
01:05:18 I don't matter.
01:09:02 Oh, tell me all about yourself.
01:11:55 Ethan Hoyt never used to talk like this.
01:16:34 Yes.
01:20:19 Speak for the truth and fight for it.
01:24:44 Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,223
Dialogue density13.6 lines / min
First line00:02:40
Final line01:24:44
Production Record
DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes877