The Cowboy and the Lady

H. C. Potter

19381h 31mEnglish
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Synopsis

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.

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ComedyRomanceWestern

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Awards Dominance

1

Wins

3

Nominations

Won

  • Sound Recording · United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
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1939

Academy Awards

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Sound Recording

United Artists Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director

1939
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Music (Original Score)

Alfred Newman

1939
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Music (Song)

The Cowboy And The Lady in "The Cowboy and the Lady" Music by Lionel Newman; Lyrics by Arthur Quenzer

1939

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