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The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

I know that few will agree with me, but I think this may be Gary Cooper's finest film.But let me begin with the plot: Mary Smith (Merle Oberon) is a very bored young lady. Bored because all she does in life is support her widowed father's run for the presidential nomination. She has not private life of her own, although she is egged on to get one by her free-spirited uncle -- Harry Davenport. After a near-accidental-scandal, she heads off to Palm Beach where, on a lark with her maids, she attends a rodeo, where she falls in love with Gary Cooper, one of the cowboys. Because he doesn't care much for society types, she pretends to be a lady's maid. But, they quarrel and he heads by boat to the next rodeo in Texas...with her in hot pursuit. On the boat they get married, but Mary knows she has to go back to face the music and her father...whom Cooper believes is a poor drunkard. Mary delays getting back to the ranch in Montana, so Cooper returns to Palm Beach looking for her, only to interrupt an important political dinner. Realizing Mary's story of being a poor maid, Cooper returns by train to his ranch, only to find that Mary, her father, and her uncle have flown to the ranch where they demonstrate rather quickly that even the rich can be very down to earth. All live happily ever after.So why do I think this may be Gary Cooper's finest film? Let's see -- he accomplishes drama, comedy, pantomime, and romance...all in one package. And he's great at all of it. The pantomime segment is a classic, particularly after he gets a whole bunch of cowboys to participate.Except for her extremely high forehead, which always distracts me, Merele Oberon is beautiful here and turns in a fine performance as the little rich girl who realizes her true happiness will be a very different life, though her fibs seem to have screwed that all up.The supporting cast here is superb. The highlight is the performance of one of the screen's great character actors -- Harry Davenport as Mary's uncle. You even get to see him dance and dressed as a cowboy! Patsy Kelly and Mabel Todd are fine as the maids. Walter Brennan is on hand as a cowpoke and friend, and is -- as always -- a treat. Finally a film in which I enjoyed the performance of Fuzzy Knight, here as another cowpoke/pal. Henry Kolker is fine here as Mary's father, and the presidential hopeful. In fact, for once, he redeems himself in his role as a stuck-up father.It's difficult to find anything to criticize here. So savor this delightful comedy-romance with fine sentimental overtones. Highly recommended.

The film opens with a dinner scene, where we learn that someone is running for office; cut to the two brothers Hannibal (Harry Davenport, always played the kindly uncle or judge) and Horace Smith (Henry Kolker), lamenting about the antics of Horace's daughter Mary ( Merle Oberon ). There's the setup of the movie, and being filmed in the prime of the Hayes Code, we know there will be comical, but innocent , simple, misunderstandings. Love the symbolism of Mary knocking over the "house of cards" she has built on the coffee table. Great scene where she talks about the rules of dating with the maids (the hilarious Patsy Kellly & Mabel Todd). Enter Gary Cooper as the polite cowboy "Stretch Willoughby". Say no more. Just watch for the ups and downs as sidekick Walter Brennan makes wisecracks to help the plot along, along with some slapstick physical comedy. Also check out the cast of thousands in the writer category, which includes greats Anita Loos, Dorothy Parker. Directed by Henry Potter, who would make THREE movies with Cary Grant! Fun, but probably would have been more hilarious if it had been filmed prior to the production code.

I saw this movie for the first time over 15 years ago. I can remember sitting in my Aunt's bedroom watching this, thinking that it was a great movie. For years i wondered what it was called because i missed the title. then one day i found it " THE COWBOY AND THE LADY" I was thrilled. It only took me 8 years to find the title and now all I had to do was find the movie.if course on ebay it was about 30 dollars. so i vowed to search and search the dollar store DVD. because that is where it is available. and then one night to my surprise TCM played it. I ran through the house like a mad woman looking for a blank tape. I have not seen the film since i was 8 or 9 years old and now at 24 I finally saw it again...

Though slow moving at times, overall "The Cowboy and the Lady" is an entertaining romantic comedy with a twist, a high society lady whose father is about to throw his hat into the ring as a candidate for President falls head over heels in love with a rodeo cowboy. There are two scenes that really pack a comedic wallop. One is aboard the ship from Florida to Galveston, Texas, when 'Stretch' Willoughby (Gary Cooper) compares horses to people while wooing Mary Smith (Merle Oberon) when suddenly a crew member starts singing an outlandish song, "Give a man a horse he can ride." It becomes more outrageous when Stretch joins in and Mary ends the tune with a bass vocal. The other is when Stretch pretends to be entertaining his beloved wife, Mary, in their new house with only the framework completed. Cooper shows a hidden talent for pantomime that is very good indeed. Before he knows it his partners played by a bow-legged Walter Brennan and Fuzzy Knight along with the carpenters are invited in and play along with Stretch's fantasy. The spell is broken with the appearance of Ma Hawkins who brings everyone back to reality by delivering a dreadful telegram.There is one telling part near the end when Stretch searching for his wife appears as an unwanted and unwelcome guest at a political dinner. The big-wigs spout several false concepts and prejudices that exist concerning the American cowboy. Their ignorance is further denoted when Oliver Wendell Henderson attempts to show his knowledge of the west by declaring Montana to be the Lone Star State. Stretch carefully corrects Henderson, then proceeds to shoot them all down with his rebuttal.There were several cooks sirring the broth when it came to writing the sometimes witty script. Amongst the writers were Dorothy Parker, Leo McCarey, Anita Loos, and some say Garson Kanin.