1936/08/28 (US) | Drama, History
She swayed a nation..ruled the hearts of men...and spent her life trying to win the one she really loved!
It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're in Washington. Peggy is pretty and politically aware. She is courted by several of those politicians and military men who all want to marry her, except for the one with who she is truly in love.
Clarence Brown
Director
Ainsworth Morgan
Screenplay
Stephen Morehouse Avery
Screenplay
Joan Crawford
Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
Robert Taylor
'Bow' Timberlake
Lionel Barrymore
Andrew Jackson
Franchot Tone
John H. Eaton
Melvyn Douglas
John Randolph
James Stewart
Roderick "Rowdy" Dow
Beulah Bondi
Rachel Jackson
$ 1,119,000
$ 2,019,000
Released
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Novel
Clarence Brown
Producer
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Producer
Herbert Stothart
Music
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography