The Great Divide (1929 film)

The Great Divide
Directed by	Reginald Barker
Written by	Scenario, dialogue, intertitles: Fred Myton Paul Perez
Produced by	Richard A. Rowland
Cinematography	Lee Garmes Alvin Knechtel
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	September 15, 1929 (Vitaphone sound) October 27, 1929 (silent)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English (sound version) English intertitles (silent version)

The Great Divide is a 1929 American Pre-Code Western film produced and distributed by First National Pictures, and starring Dorothy Mackaill. The film was released in both a silent and sound version and was directed by Reginald Barker. The Great Divide is a remake of a silent film he made at MGM in 1925. It was shot once again 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.

A print of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress.

Plot

Stephen Ghent, a mineowner, 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. Manuella, a Spanish halfbreed 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.

Cast

• Dorothy Mackaill as Ruth Jordan
• Ian Keith as Steven Ghent
• Myrna Loy as Manuela
• Lucien Littlefield as Texas Tommy
• Creighton Hale as Edgar Blossom
• George Fawcett as Macgregor
• Claude Gillingwater as Winthrop Amesbury
• Roy Stewart as Joe Morgan

Home media

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

External links

• The Great Divide at IMDb
• The Great Divide at AllMovie
• Original lobby poster