The Searching Wind
| The Searching Wind | |
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Hal Wallis Productions | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Searching Wind is a 1946 American
Plot
In 1945, after hearing of the death of
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 Bassermanas 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-miiie entertaiument-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
- TCMDB
- ^ Dick p.112-13
- ^ ""Searching Wind"". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 14, no. 20. Australia, Australia. 26 October 1946. p. 34. Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- IBDB
- ^ Hellman, Lillian; Bryer, Jackson R (1986). Conversations with Lillian Hellman. p. 66.
- ^ "Hollywood's 1944 play buying spree". Variety. 3 January 1945. p. 30.
- ^ "ANNRICHARDS IN BIG ROLE". News. Vol. 43, no. 6, 604. South Australia. 28 September 1944. p. 7. Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- The Mercury. Vol. CLXII, no. 23, 362. Tasmania, Australia. 20 October 1945. p. 11. Retrieved 23 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ISBN 978-0-8386-3140-9.
- ^ "The Searching Wind". Variety. 15 May 1946. p. 8.
Bibliography
- Dick, Bernard F. Hal Wallis: Producer to the Stars. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
External links
- The Searching Wind at IMDb
- The Searching Wind at the TCM Movie Database
- The Searching Wind at AllMovie
- The Searching Wind at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Searching Wind at New York Times
- The Searching Wind at Playbill
- The Searching Wind at Letterbox DVD
