The Great Divide (1929 film)

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The Great Divide
Directed byReginald Barker
Written byScenario, dialogue, intertitles:
Fred Myton
Paul Perez
Based onThe Great Divide
1906 play
by William Vaughn Moody
Produced byRobert North (uncredited)
CinematographyLee Garmes
Alvin Knechtel
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • September 15, 1929 (1929-09-15) (Vitaphone sound)
  • October 27, 1929 (1929-10-27) (silent)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish (sound version)
English intertitles (silent version)

The Great Divide is a 1929 American pre-Code Western film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Dorothy Mackaill. Released in both silent and sound versions, it was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. The film is a remake of The Great Divide, made at MGM in 1925 and also directed by Barker. There was another remake 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.[1]

A print of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress.[2] Parts of the film were shot in Zion National Park in Utah.[3]: 286 

Plot[edit]

Stephen Ghent, a mine owner, 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. Manuela, 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.

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Home media[edit]

The film was released on DVD on April 19, 2011, through the Warner Archive Collection series.

References[edit]

  1. ^ White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 311. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
  2. ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  3. ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.

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