the cowboy and the lady

February 29 movie: The Cowboy and the Lady. Stars Gary Cooper as, let's see, a cowboy. And Merle Oberon as ... a lady! What do you know! Oberon, tired of being the poor little rich girl, pretends to be her own maid. Then falls for Cooper and finds she can't extricate herself from the lie without losing him. I feel like I've seen this plot in a dozen movies, and this may be the best one. I loved this movie! Gary Cooper is beyond adorable as a shy cowboy in love for the first time. There's a scene where he's "playing house," pretending she's there and showing her around the half-finished house he's building for her, that is soooo sweet. I also liked Patsy Kelly as the real maid who helps Oberon go slumming, Harry Davenport as Oberon's cool uncle, and Walter Brennan as another cowboy.