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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.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.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.
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- 1 win
Leon Janney
- Cora's Child
- (as Laon Ramon)
Si Jenks
- Man at the Shindig
- (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson
- Little Boy
- (uncredited)
Seessel Anne Johnson
- Little Girl
- (uncredited)
Gus Leonard
- Old Man at Dance Hall
- (uncredited)
Margaret Mann
- Townswoman at Shindig
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaDuring filming, high temperatures made life miserable for both cast and crew. The intense heat caused the film stock to warp, and it had to be packed in ice to remain intact. Lillian Gish claimed that she touched an outside door handle and was so severely burned that a small part of her palm's flesh was scalded off.
- Quotes
Letty Mason: -and for a moment I thought they were serious!
Cora: You're goin' to take one of 'em serious! You don't think I ain't seen through your tricks, Miss Sly Boots! You love Beverly-but you'll never get him away from me-he's mine! What's more-you're gettin' out o' our house-and gettin' out quick! I'd like to kill you!
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "THE WIND - IL VENTO (1928) + THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE (Il carretto fantasma, 1921)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
- SoundtracksA Cowboy's Lament/Streets of Laredo
Traditional
Played at the Shindig (1983 version)
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Silent Masterpiece
An awesome, dark & atmospheric film. Gish is superb as the fragile Letty driven to the brink of madness by the incessant wind whipping up the sand. Her portrayal, with her wide staring eyes & tensing hands as the madness threatens to overwhelm her is stunning. The film takes its time to establish its characters, with a constant backdrop of the menace of the environment & also the danger of violence & the descent into madness, building to a thundering & almost unbearably tense experience with the actual sand storm itself. A true classic of the silent era capturing a performer at the peak of her powers-the image of Letty staring wide eyed through the window as the sand uncovers the body will stay with you.
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- kester_gillard
- Feb 13, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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