The Great Divide (1929 film)
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Director Reginald Barker Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language English (sound version)
English intertitles (silent version) Release date September 15, 1929 (Vitaphone Sound version)
October 27, 1929 (Silent version) Based on The Great Divide
by William Vaughn Moody Writer William Vaughn Moody (by), Fred Myton (screen version & dialogue), Paul Perez (screen version & dialogue), Fred Myton (titles), Paul Perez (titles) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Great Divide is a 1929 American Pre-Code Western film produced and distributed by First National Pictures, and starring Dorothy Mackaill. The film was released in both a silent and sound version and was directed by Reginald Barker. The Great Divide is a remake of a silent film he made at MGM in 1925. It was shot once again 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.
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A print of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress.
Parts of the film were shot in Zion National Park in Utah.
Plot
Stephen Ghent, a mineowner, 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 fiancé, Edgar. Manuella, a half-Spanish person hopelessly in love with Ghent, causes Ruth to return to her fiancé 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
Home media
The film was released on DVD on April 19, 2011, through the Warner Archive Collection series.
References
The Great Divide (1929 film) WikipediaThe Great Divide (1929 film) IMDb