Ronald Colman as Willard Holmes & Gary Cooper as Abe Lee
in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926), dir. Henry King
#spoilers#the winning of barbara worth spoilers#ronald colman#gary cooper#the winning of barbara worth#1920s#silent cinema#silent film#filmblr#filmgifs#filmedit#moviegifs#movieblr#me myself and gifs#absolutely wild that they showed holmes rescuing lee and lee visibly falling for his charm#and after that they had lee realize and acknowledge that barbara's love for him wasn't romantic#the intricacies#lee really went 'oh if this is how it feels to be attracted to someone then barbara clearly isn't attracted to me'#demiromantic abe lee i'm speaking it into existence