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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.
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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- Harold Bell Wright
The Winning of Barbara Worth: Directed by Henry King. With Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Gary Cooper, Charles Lane. While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter.
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- Drama, Romance, Western
- Henry King
- 1926-10-14
Dive deep into Harold Bell Wright's The Winning of Barbara Worth with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.
Apr 30, 1999 · The eastern capitalists who finance the irrigation project and land development are entirely evil. The teamsters and surveyors who, in spite of the heat and isolation, dig the canals and build the towns are heros. As a baby, Barbara Worth was the single survivor of a party that died crossing the desert.
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- Harold Bell Wright
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.
Nov 1, 2004 · The Winning of Barbara Worth by Harold Bell Wright. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
