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Director:
Victor Sjöström
Writers:
Dorothy Scarborough (novel)
Frances Marion (scenario)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 November 1928 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Western more
Plot:
Letty moves to West Texas from the East and it seems that the wind always blows and the sand gets everywhere... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Another MGM Silent Classic more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Lillian Gish ... Letty
Lars Hanson ... Lige
Montagu Love ... Roddy
Dorothy Cumming ... Cora
Edward Earle ... Beverly
William Orlamond ... Sourdough
Carmencita Johnson ... Cora's Child
Leon Janney ... Cora's Child (as Laon Ramon)
Billy Kent Schaefer ... Cora's Child
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seessel Anne Johnson ... Little girl (uncredited)
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Directed by
Victor Sjöström  (as Victor Seastrom)
 
Writing credits
Dorothy Scarborough (novel "The Wind")

Frances Marion (scenario)

Produced by
David Gill .... producer (restored version)
Liz Sutherland .... producer (restored version)
 
Original Music by
Carl Davis (1983)
William Axt (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
John Arnold (photographed by)
 
Film Editing by
Conrad A. Nervig 
 
Set Decoration by
Cedric Gibbons (settings)
Edward Withers (settings)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Harold S. Bucquet .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Richard Bradford .... sound supervisor: restored version
Mike Fairbairn .... dubbing assistant: restored version
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
André-ani .... wardrobe
 
Music Department
Erich Gruenberg .... orchestra leader: The Themes Silents Orchestra, restored version
Carl Davis .... conductor: new score (uncredited)
Colin Matthews .... orchestrator: Carl Davis (uncredited)
David Matthews .... orchestrator: Carl Davis (uncredited)
Fritz Stahlberg .... composer: additional music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
John Colton .... title designer
Una Merkel .... stand-in: Lillian Gish (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Sweden:95 min | 79 min (TCM print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Iceland:L | Portugal:17 (director's cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film's artificially happy ending was insisted upon by the studio after test audiences balked at the original ending, where the insane Letty wanders into the desert, certain to die. This more appropriate ending reportedly still exists in Europe. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Chocolat (2000) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Another MGM Silent Classic, 1 September 2000
Author: nickandrew from PA

Peculiar, but brilliantly filmed silent classic starring Gish as a young woman who battles for her life as she lives in the windy Texas desert, and is torn between two men who want her. Special effects are quite breathtaking for its time and since it was filmed in the scorching Mojave Desert in California.

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