The Great Divide (1929)
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.
- Released
- 1929-09-15
- Genres
- Action, Romance, Western
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Reginald Barker, Fred Myton, Paul Perez
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Dorothy Mackaill as Ruth Jordan
- Ian Keith as Steven Ghent
- Myrna Loy as Manuella
- Creighton Hale as Edgar Blossom
- Lucien Littlefield as Texas Tommy
- Ben Hendricks Jr. as Dutch Romero
- George Fawcett as Macgregor
- Claude Gillingwater as Winthrop Amesbury
- Roy Stewart as Joe Morgan
- Jean Laverty as Verna
- Frank Tang as Wong
- Bill Elliott as Ruth's Friend (uncredited)