The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

Directors

Clarence Brown

Cast

Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Franchot Tone, Melvyn Douglas, James Stewart, Alison Skipworth, Beulah Bondi

The story

In 1823 Washington D.C., Major O'Neal and his daughter Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal run an inn that is frequented by politicians. Peggy is outspoken for a woman of her time, and when Tennessee senator Andrew Jackson visits, she affectionately refers to him as "Uncle Andy". Peggy is secretly in love with the well-known Virginia senator John Randolph, but her feelings are seemingly unrequited.

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