The Wind
Starring: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love
Director: Victor Sjöström
Writer: Frances Marion
Producer: Irving Thalberg
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.
Trivia
- Based on The Wind (novel by Dorothy Scarborough).
- Gish came up with the idea of making a film adaptation of the novel of the same name.
- Irving Thalberg immediately gave her permission to do so.
- Gish recalled wanting Lars Hanson as her leading man after seeing him in a Swedish film with Greta Garbo.
Filming Locations
- California
Previous Showings
3 Runs • 3 Festivals
All runs on record (3):
- April 17, 2009Winter 2009w/ Portrait of Jennie
- August 17, 2012Summer 2012
- November 22, 2025Classic Westerns