''Across the Divide'' is a 1921 American silent

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film directed by John Holloway and starring Rex Ballard,

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and

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Plot

Left by his dying mother in the care of Buck (Rex Ballard), Wallace Layson (Ralph McCullough) has no knowledge of his real identity. Wallace is to inherit a ranch on his 21st birthday. His father returns and induces Rosa (Rosemary Theby), a dancehall girl, to marry Wallace in a plot to cheat him out of his inheritance. But Wallace is in love with Helen (Dorothy Manners). Buck tells Wallace that the real heir has died and persuades him to pose as the heir, which foils the plans of his father and secures a home for Wallace and Helen. Buck reveals the Wallace's true identity and leaves without revealing that he is the Wallace's half brother.

Cast

* Rex Ballard as Buck Layson *

as Rosa *

as Wallace Layson * Thomas Delmar as Dago *

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as Newton *

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as Helen *

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as White Flower

Themes

According to ''A Guide to Silent Westerns'', the film is an "early drama" that "takes advantage of the natural surroundings, thus anticipating one of the prerequisites of a good Western."

References

External links

* 1921 films 1921 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Associated Exhibitors films 1920s English-language films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub