The Lady from Cheyenne

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The Lady from Cheyenne
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Directed by Frank Lloyd
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Milton R. Krasner
Edited by Edward Curtiss
Music by Frank Skinner
Production
company
Frank Lloyd Productions
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • April 11, 1941 (1941-4-11)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$545,000 [1]

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

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Plot

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 women the right to vote in local elections, and defeats the villain with the assistance of a lawyer whom she eventually marries.

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. [2]

References

  1. Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 117. ISBN   9780813158891.
  2. Dick p.123

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