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The Winning of Barbara Worth

  • 19261926
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
849
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Vilma Bánky and Ronald Colman in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
DramaRomanceWestern
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
849
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
54,106
3,333
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    • Director
      • Henry King
    • Writers
      • Lenore J. Coffee(uncredited)
      • Rupert Hughes(titles)
      • Frances Marion(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Ronald Colman
      • Vilma Bánky
      • Gary Cooper
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Henry King
    • Writers
      • Lenore J. Coffee(uncredited)
      • Rupert Hughes(titles)
      • Frances Marion(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Ronald Colman
      • Vilma Bánky
      • Gary Cooper
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    • 16User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Gary Cooper, Vilma Bánky, and Ronald Colman in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
    Buddy McNeal in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
    Carmencita Johnson in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
    Paul McAllister and Buddy McNeal in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
    The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
    The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
    The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
    Ronald Colman in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
    Vilma Bánky in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
    Gary Cooper and Vilma Bánky in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
    Gary Cooper, Vilma Bánky, and Ronald Colman in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
    Gary Cooper and Ronald Colman in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)

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    Ronald Colman
    Ronald Colman
    • Willard Holmes
    Vilma Bánky
    Vilma Bánky
    • Barbara Worth
    Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper
    • Abe Lee
    Charles Lane
    • Jefferson Worth
    Paul McAllister
    • The Seer
    E.J. Ratcliffe
    • James Greenfield
    Clyde Cook
    Clyde Cook
    • Tex
    Erwin Connelly
    • Pat Mooney
    Ed Brady
    Ed Brady
    • McDonald
    Sammy Blum
    Sammy Blum
    • Horace Blanton
    Fred Esmelton
    Fred Esmelton
    • George Cartwright
    William Patton
    • Little Rosebud- A Black Child
    Odel Conley
    • Minor Role
    Ray Cahill
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Carmencita Johnson
    Carmencita Johnson
    • Barbara Worth as a Child
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Koseris
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Lawrence Lang
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Buddy McNeal
    • Abe Lee as a Child
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henry King
    • Writers
      • Lenore J. Coffee(uncredited)
      • Rupert Hughes(titles)
      • Frances Marion(adaptation)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      At its premiere revival presentation at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on 11 May 1971, Vilma Bánky was a no show, but the only two other surviving members of the cast, Clyde Cook and Glen Walters were present in the audience, along with other film notables. The organ accompaniment on the DVD is that of Gaylord Carter actually recorded that evening during the presentation.
    • Quotes

      Willard Holmes: You're wasting yourself here, Miss Worth--like an orchid in a bucket of sand.

      Barbara Worth: You don't know the desert as I do. It is beautiful.

      Willard Holmes: Beautiful perhaps--for one moonlit night--but if you could see the big cities--if they could see you!

      Barbara Worth: To redeem the desert--to make it all one garden--Isn't that a fine thing to do?

      Willard Holmes: But you don't belong here among these human cactus plants.

    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood (1980)

    User reviews16

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    5/10
    Well-crafted, but thin
    A 1926 silent-era western. The Barbara in question is the adopted daughter of a western pioneer. His plan to irrigate his area from the Colorado river is picked up by a New York financier. One of my favorite actors, Ronald Colman is the engineer set to head up the project. He immediately becomes a love interest for Barbara. His main romantic adversary though, is Gary Cooper; a local hometown boy with unresolved feelings for the lady.

    Everyone, however, is faced with a bigger problem. The corporate financier is playing hardball and cutting financial ties with the settlers. While I've always loved Colman, and always hated Cooper; that becomes less relevant being that this is a silent film. Acting is not the biggest conveyor in the storytelling. The film here was remarkably well-preserved; some of it shot in Nevada locations. Not a genre I will be investigating fully, but a fun one-off nonetheless.
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    • redrkr
    • Jan 19, 2015

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    • Release date
      • October 14, 1926 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Pobeda Barbare Vort
    • Filming locations
      • Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
    • Production company
      • Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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