The Cowboy and the Lady | |
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Directed by | H. C. Potter |
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Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
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Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
Edited by | Sherman Todd |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,500,000 (estimated)[1] |
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).[2][3]