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23 November 1928 (USA)
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Letty moves to West Texas from the East and it seems that the wind always blows and the sand gets everywhere...
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One of Gish's Finest
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(Complete credited cast) | Lillian Gish | ... | Letty |
 | Lars Hanson | ... | Lige |
| Montagu Love | ... | Roddy |
| Dorothy Cumming | ... | Cora |
| Edward Earle | ... | Beverly |
| William Orlamond | ... | Sourdough |
| Carmencita Johnson | ... | Cora's Child |
| Leon Janney | ... | Cora's Child (as Laon Ramon) |
| Billy Kent Schaefer | ... | Cora's Child |
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Sweden:95 min | 79 min (TCM print)
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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.
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Referenced in "MGM: When the Lion Roars" (1992)
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Lillian Gish's legendary career was nearly as lengthy as her life. Time and time again, she has shown audiences that she was truly one of the finest actresses who ever lived. A perfect example of her power and artistry is in "The Wind".
Miss Gish plays "Letty", a young girl from Virginia who moves to her cousin's house on the wild, open plains of Texas. The plot is very interesting and very fluid. Miss Gish is wonderful as usual (the sequence of events at the end of the movie is among the finest performances on film) but the real star of the movie is Swedish heartthrob Lars Hanson. A real delightful performance, with real charisma.
A must-see film that deserves more recognition.