The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Joan Crawford
Peggy Eaton
Robert Taylor
'Bow' Timberlake
Lionel Barrymore
Andrew Jackson
Melvyn Douglas
John Randolph
Franchot Tone
John Eaton
James Stewart
Roderick 'Rowdy' Dow
Clarence Brown
Director
Ainsworth Morgan
Writer
Beulah Bondi
Rachel Jackson
Alison Skipworth
Mrs. Beall
Stephen Morehouse Avery
Writer
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Writer
Louis Calhern
Leroy Sunderland
Melville Cooper
Cuthbert
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Producer
Herbert Stothart
Composer
Sidney Toler
Daniel Webster
Gene Lockhart
Maj. William O'Neal
Clara Blandick
Louisa Abbott
Frank Conroy
John C. Calhoun
Nydia Westman
Maybelle
Willard Robertson
Secretary Ingham
Charles Trowbridge
Martin Van Buren
Rubye De Remer
Mrs. Bellamy
Betty Blythe
Mrs. Wainwright
Zeffie Tilbury
Mrs. Daniel Beall
Harry C. Bradley
President's Secretary (uncredited)
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Pageboy at Ball (uncredited)
William Orlamond
Herr Joab Oxenrider (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
Commander of U.S.S. Constitution (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Horatius (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Guest at the ball
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 28, 1936
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Budget$1,119,000
Box Office$2,019,000
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Wiki.
The Gorgeous Hussy is a 1936 American period film directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor. The screenplay was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery and Ainsworth Morgan, which was based on a 1934 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams. The supporting cast includes Lionel Barrymore and James Stewart.
The film's plot tells a fictionalized account of President of the United States Andrew Jackson and an innkeeper's daughter, Peggy O'Neal. Peggy O'Neill had a central role in the Petticoat affair that disrupted the cabinet of Andrew Jackson.