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The Great Divide
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7811 feet
Directed by Reginald Barker

Cast: Alice Terry [Ruth Jordan], Conway Tearle [Stephen Ghent], Wallace Beery [‘Dutch’], Huntly Gordon [Philip Jordan], Allan Forest [Doctor Winthrop Newbury], George Cooper [‘Shorty’], ZaSu Pitts [Polly Jordan], William Orlamond [Lon]

Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Waldemar Young, from the adaptation by Benjamin Glazer of the play The Great Divide by William Vaughn Moody. Produced under the supervision of Irving Thalberg. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Costume design by Sophie Wachner. Assistant director, Harry Schenck. Cinematography by Percy Hilburn. Film editor, Robert Kern. Presented by Louis B. Mayer. / © 2 February 1925 by Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation [LP21083]. Released 15 February 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously filmed as The Great Divide (1915). The play was subsequently filmed as The Great Divide (1929).

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 2 March 2011.

References: Eames-MGM p. 13; FilmYearBook-1926 pp. 22, 41 : Website-AFI.