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.
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Hannah Sempler Hoyt
Joel McCrea
Mr. Sempler
Brian Donlevy
Steely Edwards
K.T. Stevens
Girl Biographer
Thurston Hall
Mr. Sempler
Lloyd Corrigan
Mr. Cadwallader
Etta McDaniel
Delilah
William B. Davidson
Sen. Knobs
Lillian Yarbo
Mandy
Helen Lynd
Bettina
Mary Treen
Persis
Lucien Littlefield
City Editor
John Hamilton
Sen. Grant
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Pogey
George Irving
Dr. Adams (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Pierce (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Hank Allen (uncredited)
Damian O'Flynn
Burns (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Officer Murphy (uncredited)
Frank M. Thomas
Frisbee
Irving Bacon
Parson
Hank Bell
Man #1, Hoyt City
Monte Blue
Man #2, Hoyt City
Horace B. Carpenter
Man in Saloon
George Chandler
Forbes
David Clyde
Bartender
Tom Coleman
Spectator at Dedication
Tex Cooper
Wagon Train Man
Tex Driscoll
Wagon Train Member
Fern Emmett
City Editor's Secretary
Sam Harris
Politician on Dais
G.P. Huntley
Quentin
Jack Kenny
Man in Saloon
Ethan Laidlaw
Man in Saloon
Larry Lawson
Man #3, Hoyt City
Buck Mack
Bartender
Lee Moore
Gambler
Ottola Nesmith
Mrs. Frisbee
Anna Q. Nilsson
Paula Wales
Milton Parsons
Foreman
Bob Perry
Miner
Lee Phelps
Chairman
Tex Phelps
Townsman
John Roy
Man in Saloon
Eleanor Stewart
Miss Frisbee
Dorothy Vernon
Spectator at Dedication
Charles Williams
Assayer
Crew
William A. Wellman
Director, Producer
W.L. River
Screenplay
Viña Delmar
Story
Seena Owen
Story
Adela Rogers St. Johns
Story
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
Clem Jones
Second Assistant Director
Edith Head
Costume Design
Robert Ewing
Makeup Artist
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Jack Colconda
Props
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction
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