The Wind / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Turner ; presented by Thames Television in association with Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; a Victor Seastrom production ; scenario by Frances Marion ; directed by Victor Seastrom.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Sjöström, Victor, 1879-1960, director, producer.
• Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993, actor.
• Hanson, Lars, 1887-1965, actor.
• Marion, Frances, 1888-1973, associated name.
• Davis, Carl, 1936-2023, composer.
• Scarborough, Dorothy, 1878-1935.
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producer.
• MGM/UA Home Video (Firm), distributor.
• Turner Entertainment Co., producer.
• Thames Television, ltd., producer.

Series:

• Silent classics (Culver City, Calif.)
• Silent classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Scarborough, Dorothy, 1878-1935--Film adaptations.
• Scarborough, Dorothy, 1878-1935.
• Man-woman relationships--Drama.
• Man-woman relationships.
• Murder--Drama.
• Murder.

Genre:

• Drama.
• Feature films.
• Silent films.
• Film adaptations.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videocassette (82 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
• 1/2 in.
• monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Culver City, Calif.] : MGM/UA Home Video, [1989]

Language Note:

With English intertitles.

System Details:

• VHS ; Hi-fi, stereo.
• analog
• magnetic
• stereo
• VHS

Summary:

Letty, a girl from Virginia, is forced to make her home with her cousin Beverly on a desert farm where the wind blows constantly. On her arrival she meets Roddy, an attractive stranger and two cowboys, Lige and Sourdough. Letty later marries Lige. While Lige is away on a roundup, Roddy arrives and takes advantage of Letty's helplessness and she shoots him. She buries his body in the sand, but the strong wind tugs at the grave and uncovers it, driving her mad. Lige returns and Letty tells him what has happened. They look for the body, but the strong wind has covered it once again. They decide to face the wind together.

Participant:

Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson.

Credits:

Photographed by John Arnold ; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig ; music, Carl Davis.

Notes:

• From the novel by Dorothy Scarborough.
• Originally produced as a motion picture in 1928.
• Special features: includes an introduction by Lillian Gish.
• "A special video presentation of a silent film with a full orchestral score."
• Video (reconstruction) produced by David Gill and Kevin Brownlow.

Related Work:

Scarborough, Dorothy, 1878-1935. Wind.

OCLC:

28819777

Publisher Number:

• 027616135933
• M301359 MGM/UA Home Video