The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

Directed by

Stuart Heisler, H. C. Potter, William Wyler

Genre

drama film, Western film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy socialite pretends to be a maid to win the heart of a straightforward cowboy. He falls for her without knowing her real identity.

light-heartedromanticcomedicwhimsicalgentlecharmingsentimentalold-fashioned

What happens

The Cowboy and the Lady is a 1938 American Western romantic comedy film directed by H.C. Potter, and starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon. Written by S.N. Behrman and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Frank R. Adams and veteran film director Leo McCarey, the film is about a beautiful socialite masquerading as a maid who becomes involved with an unpretentious, plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity. The Cowboy and the Lady won an Academy Award for Sound Recording (Thomas T. Moulton), and was nominated for Original Score (Alfred Newman) and Original Song ("The Cowboy and the Lady" by Lionel Newman and Arthur Quenzer). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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