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A frail young woman from the East moves in with her cousin in the West, where she causes tension within the family and is slowly driven mad.A frail young woman from the East moves in with her cousin in the West, where she causes tension within the family and is slowly driven mad.A frail young woman from the East moves in with her cousin in the West, where she causes tension within the family and is slowly driven mad.
- Awards
- 3 wins
Leon Janney
- Cora's Child
- (as Laon Ramon)
Si Jenks
- Man at the Shindig
- (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson
- Little Boy
- (uncredited)
Seessel Anne Johnson
- Little Girl
- (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
- Old Man at Dance Hall
- (uncredited)
Margaret Mann
- Townswoman at Shindig
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaLillian Gish said that the film was her most uncomfortable experience in all her films.
- Quotes
Letty Mason: -and for a moment I thought they were serious!
Cora: You're goin' to take one of 'em serious! You don't think I ain't seen through your tricks, Miss Sly Boots! You love Beverly-but you'll never get him away from me-he's mine! What's more-you're gettin' out o' our house-and gettin' out quick! I'd like to kill you!
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "THE WIND - IL VENTO (1928) + THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE (Il carretto fantasma, 1921)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
- SoundtracksA Cowboy's Lament/Streets of Laredo
Traditional
Played at the Shindig (1983 version)
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The outstanding atmosphere makes this classic melodrama especially memorable. The story and the acting would have made a pretty good movie by themselves, but it is "The Wind" itself that makes it something more. Not only is the constant presence of the wind a well-conceived figurative parallel to the events in the characters' lives, but making it work on the screen was also a remarkable technical achievement for its era.
Lillian Gish is deservedly praised for her role as Letty, a young woman from the east who travels to a strange and unforgiving region. This is the kind of role that Gish always seemed born to play. But Lars Hanson also does an excellent job in an even more difficult role. In order for the story to work, Hanson has to make his character fully sympathetic to the audience, while at the same time making it plausible that Gish's character does not care for him very much.
It's still very impressive the way that the powerful prairie winds are made such an indispensable part of the movie. It must have involved a great deal of work and sacrifice to achieve such realism without fancy technology. And it is masterful the way that the howling, never-ceasing winds are used to parallel the conflicts among the characters. This is one of the fine classics of the silent era that should not be missed.
Lillian Gish is deservedly praised for her role as Letty, a young woman from the east who travels to a strange and unforgiving region. This is the kind of role that Gish always seemed born to play. But Lars Hanson also does an excellent job in an even more difficult role. In order for the story to work, Hanson has to make his character fully sympathetic to the audience, while at the same time making it plausible that Gish's character does not care for him very much.
It's still very impressive the way that the powerful prairie winds are made such an indispensable part of the movie. It must have involved a great deal of work and sacrifice to achieve such realism without fancy technology. And it is masterful the way that the howling, never-ceasing winds are used to parallel the conflicts among the characters. This is one of the fine classics of the silent era that should not be missed.
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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