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The Winning of Barbara Worth is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Henry King, and starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky and Gary Cooper (who replaced Monte Blue). Based on Harold Bell Wright's novel The Winning of Barbara Worth, the film is remembered for the climactic flood sequence, depicting the 1905 formation of the Salton Sea.
A 1926 silent film about a love triangle in a desert community. Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky and Gary Cooper star in this drama romance western directed by Henry King.
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- Drama, Romance, Western
- Henry King
- 1926-10-14
Jefferson Worth, prosperous banker, takes her home to his wife; the driver, Texas Joe, the big Irishman, Pat, and the civil engineer who they call the Seer become Barbara's "uncles" and the boy, Abe Lee, her "brother".
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- Paperback
- Harold Bell Wright
Inspired by the Colorado River flood of 1908, Wright created the tale of a romantic triangle involving Barbara Worth, a foundling adopted by an engineer who dreams of damming the river, Willard Holmes, a young engineer who falls in love with Barbara when he comes out to help his foster father and Barbara's father complete the dam, and Abe Lee ...
- Henry King
- Ronald Colman
The Winning of Barbara Worth. Harold Bell Wright (1872 - 1944) This is a fairly substantial western, written in 1911 by Harold Bell Wright, then a major bestselling author. (His best-known novel is “The Shepherd of the Hills”) Strangely, the winning of Barbara Worth is a small part of the story, though she is one of the main characters.
Sep 5, 2020 · A silent film about a young woman who falls in love with two men involved in a dam project in the desert. The film features Gary Cooper in his first major role and a dramatic plot with sand storms, floods and conflicts.
During the construction of an irrigation system in a Southwestern town, an engineer and a local cowboy vie for the affections of a rancher's (Charles Lane)...
- Western, Romance, Drama
