The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) |
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| Director(s) | Henry King |
| Producer(s) | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Silent Films, Western |
Featured Cast of The Winning of Barbara Worth See More »
Ronald Colman
(as Willard Holmes)
Vilma Bánky
(as Barbara Worth)
Gary Cooper
(as Abe Lee)
Charles Lane
(as Jefferson Worth)
Paul McAllister
(as The Seer)
Clarence Wilson
(as Barber)
The Winning of Barbara Worth Overview:
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Henry King and produced by Samuel Goldwyn.
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The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
“Sunk into the Earth like a great molten bowl, lay the desert – unconquered Empress of the Wilderness – beautiful – mysterious, merciless. A tawny siren, whispering promises of a Paradise beyond – crushing out the lives of men in its poisonous embrace.” Despite it... Read full article
Fun Size Review: The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
By Fritzi Kramer on May 9, 2014 in Blog, Fun Size Review A western. Starring Vilma Banky and Ronald Colman. Only in the silents, eh? This is the story of how water was brought to the Imperial Valley and it also concerns the romance of Vilma’s Barbara. She just can’t decide between Ron... Read full article
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) A Silent Film Review
Vilma Banky takes on the title role of this Western-set tale of settlers, dams, floods and legal shenanigans. Banky is the prettiest girl in Imperial county. Ronald Colman is the corporate raider from the east who falls for her. A very young Gary Cooper is the local boy who hopes to win her heart. S... Read full article
" THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH" (1926) Gary Cooper
"The Winning of Barbara Worth" (1926) is a silent western that stars Ronald Colman, Gary Cooper, and Vilma Banky. Directed by Henry King and based on the novel by Harold Bell Wright, this film is one of the great epic westerns of the silent era. The story begins with a wife burying her husband in th... Read full article
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The Winning of Barbara Worth 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's 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.
Abe Lee: Maybe we ain't got the brains - maybe you ain't got the guts!