The Cowboy and the Lady

Gary Cooper is at his very best. (The Hollywood Reporter) in this enchanting romantic comedy where East meets West and white collar meets dusty lapel Tailor-made for Cooper (Variety) and costarring Merle Oberon in a graceful and persuasive performance (Variety), this is first-rate entertainment (Time). When bored Palm Beach rich girl Mary Smith (Oberon) convinces her housemaids to take her along on a triple blind date, she never expects to meet the cowpoke of her dreams (Cooper). And when she convinces him that she's a struggling house servant, the unlikely couple falls head-over-spurs and hastily marries aboard a ship in Galveston But rodeo life doesn't suit a lady, and when Mary returns home, her new husband finds a shock waiting for him and a host of in-the-dark in-laws ready for a lesson in homespun love.