River Lady

River Lady
Directed by	George Sherman
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Written by	(novel) Houston Branch Frank Waters (screenplay) D.D. Beauchamp William Bowers
Starring	Yvonne De Carlo Dan Duryea & Rod Cameron
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Editing by	Otto Ludwig
Distributed by	Universal International Pictures (UI)
Release date(s)	June 1948
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

River Lady is a 1948 adventure film directed by George Sherman and starred Yvonne De Carlo. It was filmed on the Universal Studios Backlot.

Summory

Synopsis: the story takes place in the 1850s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River. It is a film about a conflict between the people of a mill town and the lumberjacks who work downriver. Romance and deceit are catalyzed by the arrival of the gambling river boat, River Lady, owned by the beautiful Sequin. Bauvais, a representative of the local lumber syndicate and Sequin's business partner, is trying to convince H.L. Morrison, the mill owner, to sell his business. Morrison refuses, and Sequin eventually buys part of the struggling business in order to provide a reputable job for her boyfriend, Dan Corrigan, a lumberjack. Dan eventually takes the job and he and Sequin become engaged. But, when Dan discovers that Sequin manipulated Morrison into giving him the job he gets drunk and marries Stephanie, Morrison's daughter. Sparks fly between Morrison's business and Sequin's syndicate instigated by a vengeful Dan. In the following battle, Bauvais is killed and Dan is shot. After the battle, Sequin visits a healing Dan and asks to get back together (Dan and Stephanie are separated). Dan tells Sequin he has actually fallen in love with his wife and wants to stay with her. On her way out of town forever, Sequin tells Stephanie that Dan wants her thereby reuniting the couple.

Film Notes: Hollywood Reporter reported that Ann Blyth was originally cast in River Lady, probably as "Stephanie Morrison," Helena Carter's character. Actors Yvonne DeCarlo and Dan Duryea had previously appeared together in the Universal film Black Bart (1948 film), also directed by George Sherman. According to Universal press materials, the river boat used in River Lady was originally built in 1929 for the silent picture Show Boat (1929 film).^[1]

Cast

• Yvonne De Carlo as Sequin
• Dan Duryea as Beauvais
• Rod Cameron as Dan Corrigan
• Helena Carter as Stephanie Morrison
• Lloyd Gough as Mike Riley
• Florence Bates as Ma Dunnegan
• John McIntire as H.L. Morrison
• Jack Lambert as Swede
• Esther Somers as Mrs. Morrison
• Anita Turner as Esther
• Edmund Cobb as Rider
• Dewey Robinson as Bouncer
• Eddy Waller as Hewitt
• Milton Kibbee as Limpy
• Billy Wayne as Dealer

Adaptation

There was a novelization of a screenplay, also titled River Lady, by Houston Branch and Frank Waters.

References

External links

• River Lady at the Internet Movie Database