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Whispering Winds
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 5652 feet
Directed by James Flood
Cast: Patsy Ruth Miller [Dora], Malcolm McGregor [Jim], Eve Southern [Eve Benton], Eugenie Besserer [Jim’s mother], James Marcus [Paddy], Theodore von Eltz, Dorothy Lee, [?] Norman Hopps? [a baby]
Tiffany-Stahl Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by [?] Tiffany-Stahl Productions, Incorporated? / Continuity (scenario) by Jean Plannette, from a screen story by Jean Plannette. Song “When I Think of You.” Assistant director, M.K. Wilson. Cinematography by Harry Jackson and Jack MacKenzie. Film editor, James Morley. Music score by Erno Rapee. Music conductor, Joseph Littau. / © 9 September 1929 by Tiffany-Stahl Productions, Incorporated [LP688]. Released [?] 1 May or 25 May or 15 August? 1929. / Photophone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. RCA Photophone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Working title: The Girl Who Came Back. Talking and singing sequences recorded in June 1929, with dialogue written by Charles Logue, were for a part-talkie rerelease at 5881 feet on 5 September 1929, including talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects. The film was also released in the USA in a sound-on-disc (possibly Vitaphone) version. Limbacher-Feature p. 274 lists the release year as 1928 in error. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film - USA: Maine
Listing updated: 10 September 2023.
References: Drew-Speaking p. 281; Limbacher-Feature p. 274 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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