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The Wind
The Wind is a 1928 American synchronized sound romantic drama film directed by Victor Sjöström. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The movie was adapted by Frances Marion from the 1925 novel of the same name written by Dorothy Scarborough. Featuring Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson and Montagu Love, it is one of the last films released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer without audible dialogue and is considered to be among the greatest "silent" films.
Plot
An impoverished young woman named Letty Mason travels west by train from Virginia to live at her cousin Beverly's isolated ranch in Sweetwater, Texas. On the way, she is bothered by the constantly blowing wind. Fellow passenger and cattle buyer Wirt Roddy makes her acquaintance and tells her the wind usually drives women crazy.
More details
author | Frances Marion |
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director | Victor Sjöström |
editor | Conrad A. Nervig |
genre | drama |
keywords | bald bury cyclone first time impoverish injured isolated jealous wife kill live at meet morning plan terrify unwanted guest wild horse young woman |
musicBy | William Axt |
producer | André Paulvé Fred Orain |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
recordedAt | California |
theme | romantic drama silent |