The Wind (1928) | |
| Director(s) | Victor Sj?str?m |
| Producer(s) | Kevin Brownlow, David Gill |
| Top Genres | Drama, Silent Films, Western |
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The Wind (1928) was a Drama - Western Film directed by Victor Sj?str?m and produced by David Gill and Kevin Brownlow.
The Wind was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1993.
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Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At The Wind (1928)
By Lea Stans on Apr 23, 2026 From Classic Movie Hub BlogA Closer Look At The Wind (1928) Lillian Gish, The Wind In 1927, cinema was famously experiencing a time of transition from the silent to talkies, kickstarted by the popularity of Al Jolson?s The Jazz Singer (1927). Directors and stars would soon be faced with a decision, whether deliberate or... Read full article
Picnic and Written on the Wind
By Rick29 on Aug 12, 2024 From Classic Film & TV CafeKim Novak and William Holden.Picnic (1955). Joshua Logan, who directed the stage version William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, also directed this screen adaptation. Set in a small Kansas town, the story revolves around Hal Carter (William Holden), a charming drifter who arrives in town seeking... Read full article
Rod Serling Saddles the Wind
By Rick29 on Jun 26, 2023 From Classic Film & TV CafeJohn Cassavetes glares.The opening of notes of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans's title tune--a torch song whispered intimately by Julie London--lets you know that Saddle the Wind (1958) won't be a conventional Western. But if you start to doubt that notion, Rod Serling's credit as screenwriter and the ... Read full article
Whistle Down The Wind (1961)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Jun 28, 2022 From 4 Star FilmsWhistle Down The Wind feels like it employs the “kitchen sink” aesthetic in step with British film of the day, bleak and tough around the corners with working-class folks coping with all kinds of toilsome drama. However, if the mantle of that zeitgeist was normally carried by the likes o... Read full article
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: The Window
By Devon Powell on Sep 22, 2021 From Hitchcock MasterDistributor: Warner Brothers Release Date: September 21, 2021 Region: Region A Length: 01:13:27 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.37:1 Notes: This is the film?s North American Blu-ray debut. ?He lived in two worlds at once. O... Read full article
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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.
This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1993.
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