The Searching Wind
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| Directed by | William Dieterle |
| Screenplay by | Lillian Hellman |
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| Produced by | Hal Wallis |
| Starring | Robert Young Sylvia Sidney Ann Richards |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Edited by | Warren Low |
| Music by | Victor Young |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United States |
| Template:Pluralize from text | English |
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The Searching Wind is a 1946 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Robert Young, Sylvia Sidney, and Ann Richards. It is based on the play of the same name by Lillian Hellman.[1] It had originally been planned for producer Hal Wallis to make the film at Warner Bros., but after he left the studio he brought the project to Paramount Pictures.[2]
Plot
In 1945, after hearing of the death of Mussolini, an American career diplomat and his family reflect on his mistakes he made during the interwar years.[3]
Cast
- Robert Young as Alex Hazen
- Sylvia Sidney as Cassie Bowman
- Ann Richards as Emily Hazen
- Dudley Digges as Moses
- Douglas Dick as Sam Hazen
- Albert Basserman as Count Von Stammer
- Dan Seymour as Torrone
- Ian Wolfe as Sears
- Marietta Canty as Sophronia
- Norma Varden as Mrs. Hayworth
- Charles D. Brown as Carter
- Don Castle as David
- William Trenk as Ponette
- Mickey Kuhn as Sam as a Boy
Original play
Hellman's play debuted on Broadway in 1944 and ran for 318 performances. Montgomery Clift was in the original cast which was directed by Herman Shumlin.[4]
Hellman later said it was "The nearest thing to a political play" she had written "which is probably why I don't like it much any more. But even there I meant only to write about nice, well born people who, with good intentions, helped to sell out a world."[5]
Opening Night Cast
- Edgar Andrews as First Waiter
- Montgomery Clift as Samuel Hazen
- Joe De Santis as Second Waiter
- Dudley Digges as Moses Taney
- Eugene Earl as James Sears
- Mercedes Gilbert as Sophronia
- Alfred Hesse as Ponette
- Dennis King as Alexander Hazen
- Walter Kohler as Hotel Manager
- Arnold Korff as Count Max von Stammer
- Eric Latham as Edward Halsey
- Barbara O'Neil as Catherine Bowman
- William F. Schoeller as Eppler
- Cornelia Otis Skinner as Emily Hazen
Production
Hal Wallis bought the screen rights for $100,000. Wallis had made a film of Hellman's Watch on the Rhine while head of Warner Bros. Hellman did the script. It was one of the first films Wallis made as a producer at Paramount.[6]
Richards' casting was announced in September 1944. Joseph Cotten turned down the male lead.[7][8]
Filming started 13 December 1945.[9]
Reception
Variety thought the film "isn't likely to hold the run-of-the-mill entertainment-goer looking for escapist stuff" and "should earn back its coin... for though well-mounted, it nevertheless doesn't appear too heavily budgeted. The film is an improvement on the Broadway play... because it is more coherent, and better acted."[10]
References
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- ^ The Searching Wind at TCMDB
- ^ Dick p.112-13
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.""Searching Wind"". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 20. Australia, Australia. October 26, 1946. p. 34. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ The Searching Wind at IBDB
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hellman, Lillian; Bryer, Jackson R (1986). Conversations with Lillian Hellman. p. 66.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hollywood's 1944 play buying spree". Variety. January 3, 1945. p. 30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ANNRICHARDS IN BIG ROLE". News. Vol. 43, no. 6, 604. South Australia. September 28, 1944. p. 7. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."THE SCREEN Goes Escapist". The Mercury. Vol. CLXII, no. 23, 362. Tasmania, Australia. October 20, 1945. p. 11. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dick, Bernard F. (1982). Hellman in Hollywood. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. pp. 108–118. ISBN 978-0-8386-3140-9.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Searching Wind". Variety. May 15, 1946. p. 8.
Bibliography
- Dick, Bernard F. Hal Wallis: Producer to the Stars. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
External links
- The Searching Wind at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- The Searching Wind at the TCM Movie Database (archived)Template:Edit at Wikidata
- The Searching Wind at the AFI Catalog of Feature FilmsTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- The Searching Wind at New York Times
- The Searching Wind at Playbill
- The Searching Wind at Letterbox DVD
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