# The Captain Is a Lady > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Captain_Is_a_Lady > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Captain_Is_a_Lady.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Captain_Is_a_Lady > Source revision: 1339368600 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1940 film directed by Robert B. Sinclair The Captain Is a Lady Theatrical release poster Directed by Robert B. Sinclair Screenplay by Henry Clark Based on Old Lady 31 1916 play by Rachel Crothers 1909 play by Louise Forsslund Produced by Frederick Stephani Starring Charles Coburn Beulah Bondi Virginia Grey Helen Broderick Billie Burke Dan Dailey Cinematography Leonard Smith Edited by Frank E. Hull Music by Bronislau Kaper Production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributed by Loew's Inc. Release date June 21, 1940 (1940-06-21) Running time 65 minutes Country United States Language English ***The Captain Is a Lady*** is a 1940 American [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Robert B. Sinclair](/source/Robert_B._Sinclair) and written by Henry Clark, adapted from the play by [Rachel Crothers](/source/Rachel_Crothers). The film stars [Charles Coburn](/source/Charles_Coburn), [Beulah Bondi](/source/Beulah_Bondi), [Virginia Grey](/source/Virginia_Grey), [Helen Broderick](/source/Helen_Broderick), [Billie Burke](/source/Billie_Burke) and [Dan Dailey](/source/Dan_Dailey). It was released on June 21, 1940, by [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).[1][2] ## Plot Captain Peabody and his wife Angie are kicked out of their home, Angie finds a place at a retirement home. Unfortunately, only single women are allowed to stay, so the captain has to find a place of his own and say goodbye to Angie. But then, the ladies from the retirement home feel bad for the couple and let them both in. The captain now sees himself surrounded only by ladies and being called "Old lady" by his crew-mates and wants his manhood back. ## Cast - [Charles Coburn](/source/Charles_Coburn) as Captain Abe Peabody - [Beulah Bondi](/source/Beulah_Bondi) as Angie Peabody - [Virginia Grey](/source/Virginia_Grey) as Mary Peabody - [Helen Broderick](/source/Helen_Broderick) as Nancy Crocker - [Billie Burke](/source/Billie_Burke) as Blossy Stort - [Dan Dailey](/source/Dan_Dailey) as Perth Nickerson - [Helen Westley](/source/Helen_Westley) as Abigail Morrow - [Cecil Cunningham](/source/Cecil_Cunningham) as Mrs. Jane Homans - [Marjorie Main](/source/Marjorie_Main) as Sarah May Willett - [Clem Bevans](/source/Clem_Bevans) as Samuel Darby - [Francis Pierlot](/source/Francis_Pierlot) as Roger Bartlett - [Tom Fadden](/source/Tom_Fadden) as Pucey Kintner ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The Captain Is a Lady (1940) - Overview - TCM.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130507015109/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2767/The-Captain-Is-a-Lady/). *Turner Classic Movies*. Archived from [the original](https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2767/the-captain-is-a-lady) on May 7, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Captain Is A Lady"](https://movies.tvguide.com/the-captain-is-a-lady/110295). *TV Guide*. Retrieved November 28, 2014. ## External links - [*The Captain Is a Lady*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032305/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*The Captain Is a Lady*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2767/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived) - [*The Captain Is a Lady*](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/6390) at the *[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films)* v t e Films directed by Robert B. Sinclair Woman Against Woman (1938) Dramatic School (1938) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939) And One Was Beautiful (1940) The Captain Is a Lady (1940) The Wild Man of Borneo (1941) I'll Wait for You (1941) Down in San Diego (1941) Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944) Mr. District Attorney (1947) That Wonderful Urge (1948) This article related to an American comedy film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1940s-US-comedy-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1940s-US-comedy-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1940s-US-comedy-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Captain Is a Lady](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Captain_Is_a_Lady) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Captain_Is_a_Lady?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.