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* PleaseWakeUp: No dialogue to this effect but little Barbara can be seen trying to shake her dead mother awake as Worth and his party arrive.
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* PleaseWakeUp: No dialogue to this effect but little Little Barbara can be seen trying to shake her dead mother awake as Worth and his party arrive.
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* DesertSkull: In fact it's an entire dessicated cow skeleton that Worth sees, underlining the aridity of this part of the desert.
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* DesertSkull: In fact it's an entire dessicated desiccated cow skeleton that Worth sees, underlining the aridity of this part of the desert.
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: A RunningGag between Tex and his very large love interest.
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: A RunningGag between Tex and his very large love interest.interest.
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* DownerBeginning: The first shot finds Barbara's mother next to a pioneer wagon train, burying Barbara's father in the desert. Soon after Barbara's mother dies of dehydration. Luckily for Barbara the Worth wagon train arrives just in time to save her.
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* DownerBeginning: The first shot finds Barbara's mother next to a pioneer wagon train, burying Barbara's father in the desert. Soon after Barbara's mother dies of dehydration. Luckily for Barbara Barbara, the Worth wagon train arrives just in time to save her.
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* StrawVulcan: Jefferson is a good guy, but his lack of social skills and desire to explain his actions makes his daughter distrust him.
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Barbara Worth is an orphan adopted as a child by hardworking pioneer Jefferson Worth, who has come to the deserts of the southwest to make a new life. After a 15-year gap Barbara's father is ready to embark on a grand project to build an irrigation canal from the Colorado River to make the desert bloom. Willard Holmes (Colman), an engineer, arrives in the desert to build the canal, but his unscrupulous boss, Greenfield, has nefarious plans for the canal and the new town of Kingston that springs up alongside it.
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Barbara Worth (Banky) is an orphan who was adopted as a child by hardworking pioneer Jefferson Worth, who has come to the deserts of the southwest to make a new life. After a 15-year gap Barbara's father is ready to embark on a grand project to build an irrigation canal from the Colorado River to make the desert bloom. Willard Holmes (Colman), an engineer, arrives in the desert to build the canal, but his unscrupulous boss, Greenfield, has nefarious plans for the canal and the new town of Kingston that springs up alongside it.
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''The Winning of Barbara Worth'' is a 1926 film directed by Henry King, starring Creator/RonaldColman, Vilma Banky, and Creator/GaryCooper.
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''The Winning of Barbara Worth'' is a 1926 film directed by Henry King, starring Creator/RonaldColman, Vilma Banky, and Creator/GaryCooper.
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''The Winning of Barbara Worth'' is a 1926 silent {{Western}} film directed by Henry King, starring Creator/RonaldColman, Vilma Banky, and Creator/GaryCooper.
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* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: Abe conveniently realizes that Barbara is more [[LikeBrotherAndSister like his sister]] than a lover.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: Abe conveniently realizes that Barbara is more [[LikeBrotherAndSister like his sister]] than a lover.
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* GratutiousSpanish: Barbara and Abe speak Spanish to each other but never to anyone else.
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* GratutiousSpanish: GratuitousSpanish: Barbara and Abe speak Spanish to each other but never to anyone else.
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: Abe conveniently realizes that Barbara is more [[LikeBrotherAndSister like his sister]] than a lover.
* GratutiousSpanish: Barbara and Abe speak Spanish to each other but never to anyone else.
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* TimeSkip: 15 years from Jefferson Worth rescuing little Barbara in the desert, to grown-up Barbara with her adoptive father the rancher.
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* TimeSkip: 15 years from Jefferson Worth rescuing little Barbara in the desert, to grown-up Barbara with her adoptive father the rancher.rancher.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: A RunningGag between Tex and his very large love interest.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: A RunningGag between Tex and his very large love interest.
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* DesertSkull: In fact it's an entire dessicated cow skeleton that Worth sees, underlining the aridity of this part of the desert.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Cute, tow-headed little Barbara, found next to her dead mother, too small to realize what has happened.
* LiteralMetaphor: One of Worth's scrawnier employees manages to irritate one of Worth's big, beefy employees. The big guy promises to the little guy that he'll "tie you into a bow ribbon!" He then proceeds to actually tie the little guy into a knot.
* NewOldWest: There's cowboys and ranchers and wagon trains, but there are also automobiles and telephones. The setting is clearly the early 20th century.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The film, or rather the source novel, was InspiredBy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea#History_during_the_1900s the formation of the Salton Sea]] in 1905 when a poorly designed irrigation project failed and the Colorado River flooded the formerly dry Salton basin.
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* PleaseWakeUp: No dialogue to this effect but little Barbara can be seen trying to shake her dead mother awake as Worth and his party arrive.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The film, or rather the source novel, was InspiredBy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea#History_during_the_1900s the formation of the Salton Sea]] in 1905 when a poorly designed irrigation project failed and the Colorado River flooded the formerly dry Saltonbasin.basin.
* TimeSkip: 15 years from Jefferson Worth rescuing little Barbara in the desert, to grown-up Barbara with her adoptive father the rancher.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The film, or rather the source novel, was InspiredBy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea#History_during_the_1900s the formation of the Salton Sea]] in 1905 when a poorly designed irrigation project failed and the Colorado River flooded the formerly dry Salton
* TimeSkip: 15 years from Jefferson Worth rescuing little Barbara in the desert, to grown-up Barbara with her adoptive father the rancher.
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* FanDisservice: The naked cowboy who rushes out of a bath when word of the impending flood hits the town. Since this was several years before UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode, we get a full view of his naked backside.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Willard, at the bottom of a canyon, managing to take his pistol and plug a mook at the top of the canyon, when the mook with a rifle was only able to wing Willard in the arm.
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* AsYouKnow: The arrival of Cartwright the financier, who might save Worth's town, is explicated to Worth when one of his employees says "Cartwright, the big New York financier" is coming.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: Despite being shot in the arm, Willard manages to lift Abe (Gary Cooper! A big man!) into the saddle. Somewhat mitigated later when Willard collapses from exhaustion and blood loss after making it back to Barba.
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Barbara Worth is an orphan adopted as a child by hardworking pioneer Jefferson Worth, who has come to the deserts of the southwest to make a new life. After a 15-year gap Barbara's father is ready to embark on a grand project to build an irrigation canal from the Colorado River to make the desert bloom. Willard Holmes (Colman), an engineer, arrives in the desert to build the canal, but his unscrupulous boss, Greenfield, has nefarious plans for the canal and the new town that springs up alongside it.
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Barbara Worth is an orphan adopted as a child by hardworking pioneer Jefferson Worth, who has come to the deserts of the southwest to make a new life. After a 15-year gap Barbara's father is ready to embark on a grand project to build an irrigation canal from the Colorado River to make the desert bloom. Willard Holmes (Colman), an engineer, arrives in the desert to build the canal, but his unscrupulous boss, Greenfield, has nefarious plans for the canal and the new town of Kingston that springs up alongside it.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Greenfield, who muscles his partners out of the building of the canal, charges extortionate prices to the people in Kingston, and cheaps out on the construction of the dam. The latter leads to disaster.
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* IdenticalGrandson: Barbara's mother in the prologue and Barbara in the main story are both played by Vilma Banky.
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* IdenticalGrandson: Barbara's mother in the prologue and Barbara in the main story are both played by Vilma Banky.Banky.
* LoveTriangle: Barbara, Willard, and Abe. Resolved when Abe turns out to be the UnluckyChildhoodFriend.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The film, or rather the source novel, was InspiredBy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea#History_during_the_1900s the formation of the Salton Sea]] in 1905 when a poorly designed irrigation project failed and the Colorado River flooded the formerly dry Salton basin.
* LoveTriangle: Barbara, Willard, and Abe. Resolved when Abe turns out to be the UnluckyChildhoodFriend.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The film, or rather the source novel, was InspiredBy [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea#History_during_the_1900s the formation of the Salton Sea]] in 1905 when a poorly designed irrigation project failed and the Colorado River flooded the formerly dry Salton basin.
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''The Winning of Barbara Worth'' is a 1926 film directed by Henry King, starring Creator/RonaldColman, Vilma Banky, and Creator/GaryCooper.
Barbara Worth is an orphan adopted as a child by hardworking pioneer Jefferson Worth, who has come to the deserts of the southwest to make a new life. After a 15-year gap Barbara's father is ready to embark on a grand project to build an irrigation canal from the Colorado River to make the desert bloom. Willard Holmes (Colman), an engineer, arrives in the desert to build the canal, but his unscrupulous boss, Greenfield, has nefarious plans for the canal and the new town that springs up alongside it.
Meanwhile, romance blossoms between Willard and Barbara. This displeases Abe Lee (Cooper), a local cowboy who came out to the desert as a boy with Jefferson Worth's party 15 years ago and has loved Barbara ever since.
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* DistantPrologue: Opens with Jefferson Worth arriving in the desert and rescuing little Barbara, before skipping 15 years to find Barbara a grown woman and Worth a prosperous rancher.
* DownerBeginning: The first shot finds Barbara's mother next to a pioneer wagon train, burying Barbara's father in the desert. Soon after Barbara's mother dies of dehydration. Luckily for Barbara the Worth wagon train arrives just in time to save her.
* IdenticalGrandson: Barbara's mother in the prologue and Barbara in the main story are both played by Vilma Banky.
Barbara Worth is an orphan adopted as a child by hardworking pioneer Jefferson Worth, who has come to the deserts of the southwest to make a new life. After a 15-year gap Barbara's father is ready to embark on a grand project to build an irrigation canal from the Colorado River to make the desert bloom. Willard Holmes (Colman), an engineer, arrives in the desert to build the canal, but his unscrupulous boss, Greenfield, has nefarious plans for the canal and the new town that springs up alongside it.
Meanwhile, romance blossoms between Willard and Barbara. This displeases Abe Lee (Cooper), a local cowboy who came out to the desert as a boy with Jefferson Worth's party 15 years ago and has loved Barbara ever since.
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* DistantPrologue: Opens with Jefferson Worth arriving in the desert and rescuing little Barbara, before skipping 15 years to find Barbara a grown woman and Worth a prosperous rancher.
* DownerBeginning: The first shot finds Barbara's mother next to a pioneer wagon train, burying Barbara's father in the desert. Soon after Barbara's mother dies of dehydration. Luckily for Barbara the Worth wagon train arrives just in time to save her.
* IdenticalGrandson: Barbara's mother in the prologue and Barbara in the main story are both played by Vilma Banky.
