Friday, July 20, 2012

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

United Artists
Directed by  H.C. Potter
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM/Fox)

Socialite Merle Oberon runs from her closeted life in New York to live in California. She goes on a blind date with her two house maids and falls in love with rodeo cowboy Gary Cooper. She makes up a personal story rather than risk alienating him with her true identity. Ole Gary falls for it, and they impulsively marry on a ship taking them to his next rodeo gig. He goes to Montana to prepare their new ranch house while she returns to break the news to her father, a possible presidential candidate. Cooper shows up at a fancy dinner and gives an awkward and forced speech to the stunned politicians about their snobbish ways. He runs back to Montana, but Merle is there waiting for him leading to the predictable happy ending.

No comments:

Post a Comment