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The Great Divide (1929 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Great Divide' is a 1929 American pre-Code Western film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Dorothy Mackaill. Released in both silent and sound versions, it was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. The film is a remake of 'The Great Divide', made at MGM in 1925. There was another remake in 1931 as the full sound film 'Woman Hungry'. All three films are based on the 1906 Broadway play 'The Great Divide' by William Vaughn Moody.
A print of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GreatDivide1929.html 'The Great Divide' at silentera.com] Parts of the film were shot in Zion National Park in Utah.
Plot
Stephen Ghent, a mine owner, falls in love with Ruth Jordan, an arrogant girl from the East, unaware that she is the daughter of his dead partner. Ruth is vacationing in Arizona and Mexico with a fast set of friends, including her fianc, Edgar. Manuela, a half-Spanish person hopelessly in love with Ghent, causes Ruth to return to her fianc when she insinuates that Ghent belongs to her. Ghent follows Ruth, kidnaps her, and takes her into the wilderness to endure hardship. There she discovers that she loves Ghent, and she discards Edgar in favor of him.
Cast
* Dorothy Mackaill as Ruth Jordan
* Ian Keith as Steven Ghent
* Myrna Loy as Manuela
* Lucien Littlefield as Texas Tommy
* Creighton Hale as Edgar Blossom
* George Fawcett as Macgregor
* Claude Gillingwater as Winthrop Amesbury
* Roy Stewart as Joe Morgan
See also
* List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features
Home media
The film was released on DVD on April 19, 2011, through the Warner Archive Collection series.
References
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