High, Wide and Handsome

Overview

The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded. They're taken in by Mrs. Cortlandt and her grandson, Peter, who is trying to set up a pipeline that will supply oil throughout the state. Sally and Peter soon fall in love and marry. Neither their marriage nor Peter's pipe dreams flow too smoothly.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 21, 1937

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Paramount,Paramount Pictures

Cast

Irene Dunne,Randolph Scott,Dorothy Lamour,Elizabeth Patterson,Raymond Walburn,Charles Bickford,Akim Tamiroff,Ben Blue,William Frawley,Alan Haleand 8 more

Director

Rouben Mamoulian

Writer

George O'Neil,Oscar Hammerstein II

Producer

Arthur Hornblow Jr.

Cinematography

Theodor Sparkuhl,Victor Milner

Music

Robert Russell Bennett

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0029000