The Lady from Cheyenne

The Lady from Cheyenne
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Produced by Jack H. Skirball
Frank Lloyd
Written by Jonathan Finn
Theresa Oaks
Warren Duff
Kathryn Scola
Starring Loretta Young
Robert Preston
Edward Arnold
Frank Craven
Music by Frank Skinner
Cinematography Milton R. Krasner
Edited by Edward Curtiss
Production
company
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates
 April 11, 1941
Running time
 88 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Lady from Cheyenne is a 1941 American comedy western film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Loretta Young, Robert Preston and Edward Arnold.

Synopsis

In the 1860s, after receiving an inheritance a Philadelphia Quaker school teacher heads west to Wyoming 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 woman the right to vote in local elections, and defeats the villain with the assistance of a lawyer whom she eventually marries.

Main cast

Production

The film was shot at Universal Studios, and on location in the Mojave Desert. It was made for $535,000, somewhat under its scheduled budget of $622,000.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Dick p.123

Bibliography

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