The Winning of Barbara Worth

The Winning of Barbara Worth
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Henry King
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn
Written by Frances Marion
Based on The Winning of Barbara Worth
by Harold Bell Wright
Starring
Music by Ted Henkel
Cinematography
Edited by Viola Lawrence
Production
company
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • October 14, 1926 (1926-10-14) (USA)
Running time
  • 89 minutes
  • 9 reels, 8,757 ft
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Winning of Barbara Worth is a 1926 American Western silent 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 notable for the climactic flood sequence, depicting the 1905 formation of the Salton Sea.

Plot

As a child, Barbara is orphaned when her settler parents perish trying to cross a California desert. She is rescued and raised by Jefferson Worth, who dreams of irrigating the desert. Fifteen years later, Willard Holmes, the chief engineer of a company intent on diverting the Colorado River to do just that, arrives and is smitten with Barbara. However, he has a rival for her affections: local cowboy Abe Lee.

Cast

Production

The movie was filmed in California's Imperial Valley and in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.[1][2][3]

Further reading

  • Wild, Peter (2007). "14: Love Along the Irrigation Ditches". The Grumbling Gods: a Palm Springs Reader. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-87480-899-5. LCCN 2007015086. OCLC 122974473.

References

  1. ↑ Earl, Phillip I. (Winter–Spring 1988). "The Story of the Making of The Winning of Barbara Worth". Humboldt Historian. Silents are Golden. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Winning of Barbara Worth". Silent Era. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ Tipton, Ruth Fenstermaker (1976). "Desert Film City". In Paher, Stanley W. Nevada Official Bicentennial Book. Las Vegas: Nevada Publications. p. 176. Retrieved 27 Jul 2018.
  • The Winning of Barbara Worth at the American Film Institute Catalog
  • The Winning of Barbara Worth on IMDb
  • The Winning of Barbara Worth synopsis at AllMovie
  • OCLC 132840159, 318383640
  • "The Story of the Making of The Winning of Barbara Worth"


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