''The Lady from Cheyenne'' is a 1941 American

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western film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Loretta Young, Robert Preston and Edward Arnold.

Plot

In the 1860s, after receiving an

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Quaker school teacher heads west to

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to establish a new school to educate settler children. However, she encounters a corrupt tycoon who is determined to gain control of the water rights of her schoolhouse. She eventually lobbies to gain women the right to vote in local elections, and defeats the villain with the assistance of a lawyer whom she eventually marries.

Cast

* Loretta Young as Annie Morgan * Robert Preston as Steve Lewis * Edward Arnold as James 'Jim' Cork * Frank Craven as Hank Foreman * Gladys George as Elsie * Jessie Ralph as Mrs. McGuinness * Stanley Fields as Jerry Stover * Willie Best as George *

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as Governor Howard * Spencer Charters as Dr. McGuinness * Clare Verdera as Mrs. Matthews * Al Bridge as Mr. Matthews * Charles Williams as Clerk * Erville Alderson as Ike Fairchild * Emmett Vogan as Stanton * Roger Imhof as Uncle Bill * William B. Davidson as Nye Dunbar * James Kirkwood as Politician * Wade Boteler as Turk * Harry Cording as Mike * Richard Alexander as Henchman (uncredited) * Ethan Laidlaw as Waiter (uncredited)

Production

The film was shot at Universal Studios, and on location in the

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. It was made for $535,000, somewhat under its scheduled budget of $622,000.Dick p.123

References

Bibliography

* Dick, Bernard F. ''Hollywood Madonna: Loretta Young''. University Press of Mississippi, 2011.

External links

* 1941 films 1940s Western (genre) comedy films 1940s historical comedy films American historical comedy films 1940s English-language films Films about Quakers Films directed by Frank Lloyd Films set in the 1860s Films set in Wyoming Universal Pictures films Films scored by Frank Skinner American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Kathryn Scola 1941 comedy films 1940s American films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub