"A story with the force and power of an explosive gusher"
A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil boom of the 1940s.
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Lucy Gallant
Casey Cole
Lady MacBeth
Molly Basserman
Charles Madden
Gus Basserman
Laura Wilson
Jim Wardman
Irma Wilson
Edith Head
Allan Shivers - Governor of Texas
Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
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