watch online Watch The Wind. Letty tries to laugh off his warning but the sand blasting against the train window does seem a bit unnerving. Peculiar, but brilliantly filmed silent classic starring Gish as a young woman who battles for her life as she lives in the windy Texas desert, and is torn between two men who want her. But she is sure that she will be fine when she reaches her cousin’s beautiful ranch, Sweet Water.Letty’s train arrives at the station. He matures before our eyes, realizing that he has been used, that his lovely bride can’t stand him. 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. Beverly (At a party, Sourdough tells Lige that he intends proposing to Letty. Cora does not see things the same way. So, while her methods in dealing with Letty are harsh, Cora is not an evil person. A well-aimed barb, no?Roddy recovers and is soon trying to convince Letty to leave with him. Lige Hightower (Lars Hanson) and Sourdough (William Orlamond) are her cousin’s nearest neighbors, they live 15 miles from Sweet Water.
He is giddy with excitement.Trying to be a good host, he makes coffee for her (adding much more sugar than she likes). She marries Lige. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. After she is done, the wind uncovers the body, terrifying her.

The climactic scene where she is trapped alone in her house with a norther blowing outside is a brilliant bit of virtuoso acting. She runs back to Roddy, who tells her that he will come back the same way soon to see how she is faring.In contrast to the urbane Roddy, Lige and Sourdough are positively primitive. She will not let her take over her family.Beverly tries to defend Letty but he is doubled over by his cough. In the famous climax, where she shoots Roddy and then imagines him rising from his grave, I wonder how much of it is real. The cyclone passes and the unflappable Lige announces that the party is back on. That the whole sequence was a symbolic manifestation of her delusional terror of the wind?Another criticism leveled against the film is that the original, tragic ending of the novel was replaced with a happier one. He picks her up and carries her to the bed.The next morning, Wirt tries to persuade Letty to go away with him, but she rejects him. He tells Roddy that the men are rounding up the horses driven from the mountains by the nother, every man is needed. He says its his only chance to get enough money to send her home. Stella, a small town girl, marries socialite Stephen Dallas, a man with whom she has nothing in common. (Seeing the wind as a mustang, imagining other characters staring at her.) Letty irons the ruffles of her skirt and plays with the kids while Cora has to butcher a steer for supper. When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Directed by Victor Sjöström. As Wirt becomes more aggressive, Letty picks up a revolver to defend herself. Period.The happier ending, while a bit too pat and lovey-dovey, makes for a more interesting theme. 4.5 out of 5. After he recovers, Lige insists he participate in a roundup of wild horses to raise money for the cattlemen. Letty, terrified of being left alone with the wind, begs to go with him, and he agrees. Hanson plays this part of the scene almost entirely with his eyes.

)Enter your email address to follow this site and receive notifications of new posts by email.Copyright 2008-2020 by Movies Silently and Fritzi Kramer, all rights reserved.Movies Silently is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.My site only recommends products or services I use personally or are directly related to the subject of my posts.While I do accept review copies, all books, films and other products or services reviewed were purchased by me through normal retail channels unless otherwise noted. First, the despair of isolation comes through on nearly every frame, a situation as dire as any demon. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) They tussel like kids over who gets to sit by Letty in the wagon and finally decide it with a shooting contest. On the train, she meets cattleman Wirt Roddy (Montagu Love). The Wind (1928) import plays in English Customer reviews. Crime
After having a child out of wedlock, a young Puritan woman is pressured to reveal the name of her lover. Lige thinks he’s doing pretty well, he just can’t understand why Letty seems aloof. He insists, noting Lige will kill them both if they remain. According to Gish and popular legend, the original ending intended for the film was the unhappy ending, but it was changed due to the studio's powerful Eastern office decreeing that a more upbeat ending be shot.Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was nervous about releasing the film and did not release it for a full year until November, 1928. Intense, brooding and full of talent, he proved to be Hanson’s performance as Lige is equal in every way to Lillian Gish’s as Letty. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors, including neighbor Lige Hightower, leave Letty increasingly disturbed, resulting in tragedy. He loves her. Her scornful rejection is like a splash of ice water.

Cora is enraged. Her pacing is mirrored by Lige, who is confused and frustrated.When he tries more forcefully to come on to Letty, however, he feels the full withering blast of her contempt. Letty, meanwhile, is still nervous of the wind. In the meantime, Letty works around the house, but is bothered by the ever-present wind. After 23 years of marriage, he decides to divorce his wife, and marry Mrs. Chevers. This was done against the wishes of both Lillian Gish and Victor Seastrom.


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