
Jefferson Worth finds an orphaned child in the desert and raises her as his daughter, Barbara. When grown, Barbara is beloved by Abe Lee, the foreman of her father's ranch and company. When a rich land developer arrives with plans to irrigate the desert, Worth joins forces with him. The developer's foster son, Willard, falls for Barbara and a rivalry develops between him and Abe. The river is dammed, but the developer swindles the ranchers and refuses to reinforce the weakeni... (Full plot summary below)
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Jefferson Worth finds an orphaned child in the desert and raises her as his daughter, Barbara. When grown, Barbara is beloved by Abe Lee, the foreman of her father's ranch and company. When a rich land developer arrives with plans to irrigate the desert, Worth joins forces with him. The developer's foster son, Willard, falls for Barbara and a rivalry develops between him and Abe. The river is dammed, but the developer swindles the ranchers and refuses to reinforce the weakening dam, as he no longer needs it. An angry mob turns on Worth, Willard and Abe come near confrontation over Barbara, and all the time, that dam is getting weaker....
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIt wowed audiences in its day, mainly because of the exciting climax flood sequence. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyGary Cooper, on his way to major stardom, plays a major role in this popular silent Western, directed by Henry King |
| User ReviewNik BPretty good western-romance-epic that I never heard of. It's also a pretty full movie with a love triangle, an ambush by bandits, a sandstorm, a town being built in the middle of the desert, and a great flood. Gary Cooper is in it and looks like he should be in college. |
| User ReviewJoel AAn undeniably charming & made by the numbers Western that stared the young Gary Cooper & Vilma Banky famous for the damsel in distress in Rudolph Valentino's Son of the Sheik 1926. A largely typical love triangle develops in the West with strong production values & solid direction from Henry King. The highlight of the film hands down in the somewhat Biblical Proportions Flood that hits the town. (If you can see past the model work it's great) it's an interesting curiosity. |
| User ReviewSimon OThe Winning of Barbara Worth is a decent but ultimately forgettable silent western. It's crafted well enough but the nail in the coffin for the film is that it just has nothing particularly special going for it. The characters are hollow as they carry out a rather generic love triangle. The antagonist is one-dimensional and unsympathetic. Even the climactic flood scene, while technically impressive, isn't really that memorable. The film marks Gary Cooper's Hollywood debut in the role of Abe Lee. To be fair, Cooper and his fellow cast members Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky do their best given what they have, but they're ultimately given so little that it really does not do much good. Like I said, the film is fine. It's entertaining enough to keep ahold of you for 90 minutes, it's just nothing special and would be overstaying its welcome if it ran any longer. |