The wind was screened this past april 3rd, at innis town hall in toronto, part the 2014 toronto silent film festival. All of tsffs screenings are a treat, but this one especially so, because the wind is a tough film to see on video. Examples of such films are the wind 1928, captain salvation 1927, he who gets slapped 1924, the smart set 1928 and many others. The four hoursemen of the apocalypse full version silent movie by keith taylor. But, in a bit of bad timing, the wind was released into a marketplace in which audiences were flocking. The best thing about old classic silent movies is that they are absolutely free to watch and download legally. Apr 27, 2015 enjoyed viewing this fine silent over the weekend on tcm.
Lillian gish in the wind 1928 lillian gish, silent film. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects. Featuring lillian gish, lars hanson and montagu love, it is one of the last silent films released by metrogoldwynmayer and is considered to be among. Atmospheric if narratively thin, the wind similarities to the 1928 silent film of the same name are coincidental kicks up a competitive dynamic between the two women that further muddies. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. Nominated into the national film registry by the library of congress in 1993, mgms 1928 production of the wind marks swedish director victor sjostroms last surviving picture from the silent cinema period, and the last leading performance of star lillian gish before transitioning into sound pictures. The wind is now widely considered to be a classic of silent cinema, and one of gishs most brilliant performances. The wind is too windy and shot in 120degree weather. Beverly lives in a remote patch of land fifteen miles from his nearest neighbor.
When it is necessary for most of the men to go out into the sand storm. May 28, 2009 the movie was such a success that gish gathered the same cast and crewactor hans larson, director victor sjostrom, producer thalberg and writer marionto adapt dorothy scarboroughs novel the wind for the screen. As the film begins, the heroine letty lilian gish leaves her virgina home, only to find life at the dust bowl ranch she arrives at to be nightmarish. The movie stars lillian gish, lars hanson and montagu love. While living with relatives, she finds that she is not welcomed by the wife. We will make history and we invite you to become a part of history by sponsoring a silent movie star for the hollywood walk of fame. The wind not rated 1h 35min drama, romance, western 23 november 1928 usa 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. The wind 1928 silent film with lillian gish d1fep8 from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. Featuring lillian gish, lars hanson and montagu love, it is one of the last silent films released by metrogoldwynmayer and is considered to be among the greatest silent films. No doubt suitable film elements are elusive, as this film would make a silent film aficionado of a great many neophytes. The unceasing wind batters the landscape and begins to unravel her sanity. Menampilkan lillian gish, lars hanson dan montagu love, film tersebut adalah salah satu film bisu terakhir yang dirilis oleh metrogoldwynmayer dan dianggap merupakan salah satu film bisu terbesar. The film was released on 3 december 1928 in sweden.
Like murnaus sunrise and the crowd, 1928s the wind is an example of silent filmmaking at its peak. This is the only movie i believe i have ever watched where i felt like i needed hosing off or power washed afterwards. The wind a strong sense of place and a complex feminist outlook enrich this promising if understated debut, a mashup of western and horror genres. Lillian gish, though she faces stiff competition, is generally regarded as the finest actress of the silent era and this film is an ideal way to see her at her. The wind 1928 film, starring lillian gish, based on the novel. With lillian gish, lars hanson, montagu love, dorothy cumming. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors, including neighbor lige hightower, leave letty increasingly disturbed, resulting in tragedy.
She was the archetypal silent film heroine a the delicate damsel in distress, fainting on an ice floe, cowering before a brutal bounder, lan. Apr 02, 2019 watching this, you might recall the 1928 silent classic the wind, in which lillian gish is a similarly stranded pioneer woman that movie was all about wind. Find art you love and shop highquality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at. The wind was gishs final silent film and she was not going out quietly. Silent film actor lars hanson in the wind 1928 at the advent of the talkies, lars returned to europe, making the homecoming an excellent german silent menage a trois movie and the part silent part talkie the informer 1929 in. The wind and the dust and the pervasive grit felt like they had entered my pores. The wind 1928 wings 1927 the winning of barbara worth 1926. Gish plays letty, a virginian woman headed west to live with her cousin and childhood friend, beverly edward earle, his wife dorothy cumming and their three children.
The fall of the house of usher, made in 1928, the last great year of silent films, was based on a poe story that is more atmosphere than plot, anyway. 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. Turns out writer teresa sutherland and director emma tammi adapted the same source material, dorothy scarboroughs 1925 novel of the same name, but their film is far different. The wind is a monument in spite of itselfnot a work of pure. It is an examination of three myths that have attached themselves to the 1928 lillian gish vehicle. This would seem to be a remake of a magnificent silent movie from 1928 starring lillian gish. Like murnaus sunrise and the crowd, 1928 s the wind is an example of silent filmmaking at its peak. Its melodrama is predictable and frequently uninvolving. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation.
If a direct wick has led you here, please correct the link so that it points to the corresponding article. It was the last silent film starring lillian gish, one of the first actual movie stars who also helped invent a distinctly cinematic style of acting in. Like murnaus sunrise and the crowd, 1928 s the wind is an example of silent film making at its peak. The wind 1928 silent film with lillian gish stock photo. Nov the wind, one of the most beautiful silent movies ever made. It is the last silent film starring gish, the last directed. Dorothy scarborough the wind 1st us c 1928 hb lillian.
With no where to go, she marries a man who disgusts her. The 1928 film of the same name is a precode american silent romantic drama film directed by victor sjostrom. Onesheets measured 27 x 41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters. The wind was one of the greatest films of the silent era and is recognized today as the true classic it is. Lillian gish, lars hanson, montagu love, dorothy cumming, edward earle, william orlamond. The wind is a 1928 american silent romantic drama film directed by victor sjostrom. Victor sjostrom seastrom one of lillian gishs greatest achievements in a powerfully dramatic silent film her fourth and last mgm film and the last of her silent films. Keaton didnt really build a lot of huge sets, or have a huge cast, so a big chunk of the money went into the cyclone sequence, which is pretty spectacular. The wind 1928 was shot onlocation in the mohave desert near bakersfield, california, and at the mgm studios in hollywood from may through june of 1927. The wind was one of the last silent movie masterpieces, but it was also a boxoffice flop for mgm and star lillian gish. Letty moves to west texas from the east and it seems that the wind always blows and the sand gets everywhere. Silent hall of fame is the only organization of its kind. In this silent film, a sheltered southern girl fights to adapt to the roughandtumble life of the wild west.
Apr 04, 2019 atmospheric if narratively thin, the wind similarities to the 1928 silent film of the same name are coincidental kicks up a competitive dynamic between the two women that further muddies. Dorothy cumming, dorothy scarborough, edward earle, frances marion, irving thalberg, lars hanson, lillian gish, montagu love. Jul 15, 20 the enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. Ben turpin, georgia odell, helen gilmore directed by leslie goodwins weiss brothers artclass pictures william thomas sherman. Nov 26, 2016 this victor sjostrom film staring lillian gish and lars hanson is unique. Classic blue movies of the silent era the forgotten films of roscoe fatty arbuckle 191932 forgotten funnymen. Here the silence heightens the building emotional claustrophobia thats so crucial to the film, as if even the characters voices along with their humanity are smothered by the wind. Street angel 1928, by frank borzage full movie youtube. The wedding night sequence of the wind is surely one of the most beautifully acted in the silent era. Western electric movietone soundonfilm sound system.
Victor sjostroms the wind marked the end of not one but several eras. Jan, 2020 vault of movie reels movies forum cinematheque silent era. The wind is a film thats easy to love but difficult to like. Her new home is a small shack with the wind and the sand constant companions. Buster keaton fighting the wind in steamboat bill, jr. The plentiful hick comic relief represents an incongruous lapse of judgment. With a plot that draws you in and several marvelously filmed scenes that are pure art, the wind 1928 is very enjoyable. Filmed at the end of the silent era, this movie is considered to be one of the last of the great silents. This level of art in movies would be lost at the dawn of sound until the problems with the static camera could be overcome and the novelty of sound wore off to the extent that plot and meaningful dialog became important.
Watching this, you might recall the 1928 silent classic the wind, in which lillian gish is a similarly stranded pioneer woman that movie was all about wind. It was so hot during desert shooting that the camera negatives had to be packed in ice for transport to hollywood, where they were slowly thawed for processing. It was the last major silent film released by metrogoldwynmayer, one of hollywoods most powerful studios. Studio production chief irving thalberg allowed gish to produce the film letting her choose the director, cast, and crew. A country girl goes to live as with her very unpleasant texas family, where shes forced to deal with a bad marriage, a villainous exlover, murder and the maddening, neverceasing.
This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Mgm slapped on a happy ending the original tragic ending still exists in europe the wind is too windy and shot in. The wind doesnt just demonstrate the power of silent cinema, it actually proves that sometimes a silent is more effective than a talkie would be. Letty, a girl from virginia, trainbound for her cousins ranch in the. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, cora. Borzage pulls off some glorious shots, like the camera traveling up the stairs of a humble but high. The wind 1928 when letty mason lillian gish, an emotionally fragile woman from virginia, relocates to west texas, she finds herself unsettled by the everpresent wind and sand. There have been many versions of usher, from another 1928 silent film through to roger cormans excellent 1960 version with vincent price. The wind 1928, a silent romantic drama film starring lillian gish.
Its ironic that the genre was perfected just when sound was ready to take over. The wind is among my favorite silent films so i am very excited about this article. Film tersebut diadaptasi oleh frances marion dari novel bernama sama karangan dorothy scarborough. The movie was adapted by frances marion from the novel of the same name written by dorothy scarborough. Check out our list of old silent films, your greatest source of information on the internet about silent films. The wind 1928 is one of lillian gishs greatest achievements in a powerfully dramatic silent film her fourth and last mgm film and the last of her silent films. The wind victor seastrom, 1928 clearly one of the indisputable achievements of the silent era, victor seastroms the wind is a melodrama of elemental force. Classic films classic tv woman movie i movie metro goldwyn mayer tim roth movie magazine dark star silent film the wind 1928. The wind dvd rare silent film 1928 lillian gish for sale.
Movie poster, movie still photographs, plot synopsis and credits for the silent film the wind, released in 1928. Lillian was wonderful as usual, i thought the setting and perspective was very neat. Posted october 24, 2015 by jennifromrollamo in movies. Nov 22, 20 the wind is one of the four or five movies that best demonstrate the richness and variety, and the purity and clarity of expression that silent cinema had achieved by the time it was fatally and. Lillian gish october 1893 february photo from the wind one of the last silent films by mgm 1928 by everett collection. Lillian gish and lars hanson in the wind victor sjostrom. For her 1991 album, emotions, mariah carey wrote her own lyrics for freemans composition and sang the tune. Lars hanson silent and sound film actor golden silents. The groups latest venture in this respect was its participation saturday in the premiere of andrew earle simpsons score for the 1928 silent film the wind, staring a youthful lillian. The wind 1928 dvd planet store latest movie releases. Southern letty lillian gish on her trip west to visit cousin cora dorothy cumming, getting a lift from cowboy lige lars hanson, with fantasy, then getting on too well with coras husband bev edward earle, early in victor seastroms the wind, 1928.
One response to wind, the 1928 david csontos, on march 1st, 2012 at 10. Many of us thankfully consider her tenderfoot innocence personifies the easterner that learns to persevere in the wind of the wild west, to be her finest, leading performance. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. May 09, 2017 an introduction to the wind lillian gish lillian diana gish october 14, 1893 february 27, 1993 was an american actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer whose film. The result, a tale of repressed desire that explodes into violence, was the last great silent movie without charlie chaplins.