The Place Beyond the Winds (1916)
Drama | 6 November 1916
The cameraman listed as Mr. Gray is probably King D. Gray .
Screen rights to Harriet T. Comstock’s 1914 novel, The Place Beyond the Winds, were purchased by Universal Film Mfg. Co.’s H. O. Davis, who had bought rights to numerous properties including this one for a sum total of $20,0000 during a trip to the East Coast, according to a 24 June 1916 Motion Picture News item. The following month, the 28 July 1916 Hollywood Citizen announced that Joseph De Grasse was on board to direct the film adaptation of The Place Beyond the Winds, from a photoplay written by Ida May Park. Principal photography began sometime in August 1916. The 19 August 1916 Motion Picture News reported that cast and crew were due to leave for location filming in Bear Valley, CA. The 9 September 1916 issue later stated that ten days of shooting had been completed in the Bear Valley area. The remainder of shooting likely took place at Universal’s studio in Universal City, CA.
The Place Beyond the Winds opened on 6 November 1916. A review in the 11 November 1916 Motion Picture News praised its photography, settings and performances, but critized the story as “weak.”
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, an incomplete version of this film is extant. ...
The cameraman listed as Mr. Gray is probably King D. Gray .
Screen rights to Harriet T. Comstock’s 1914 novel, The Place Beyond the Winds, were purchased by Universal Film Mfg. Co.’s H. O. Davis, who had bought rights to numerous properties including this one for a sum total of $20,0000 during a trip to the East Coast, according to a 24 June 1916 Motion Picture News item. The following month, the 28 July 1916 Hollywood Citizen announced that Joseph De Grasse was on board to direct the film adaptation of The Place Beyond the Winds, from a photoplay written by Ida May Park. Principal photography began sometime in August 1916. The 19 August 1916 Motion Picture News reported that cast and crew were due to leave for location filming in Bear Valley, CA. The 9 September 1916 issue later stated that ten days of shooting had been completed in the Bear Valley area. The remainder of shooting likely took place at Universal’s studio in Universal City, CA.
The Place Beyond the Winds opened on 6 November 1916. A review in the 11 November 1916 Motion Picture News praised its photography, settings and performances, but critized the story as “weak.”
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, an incomplete version of this film is extant.
Nathan Glenn equates enjoyment with sinfulness, and so he throws his daughter Priscilla out of their home in the Canadian mountains after she stays out an entire night. Then, on her way to the city, Priscilla meets Anton Farwell, who is hiding out after murdering the new lover of his sweetheart, Joan Moss. Upon arriving in the city, Priscilla starts working as a nurse, and Joan, dying in a crowded tenement, becomes one of her first patients. Before her death, Joan tells Priscilla that she forgives Anton, after which Priscilla is reconciled with her father, and then marries Dick Travers, who met Priscilla when he went to the mountains for his ...
Nathan Glenn equates enjoyment with sinfulness, and so he throws his daughter Priscilla out of their home in the Canadian mountains after she stays out an entire night. Then, on her way to the city, Priscilla meets Anton Farwell, who is hiding out after murdering the new lover of his sweetheart, Joan Moss. Upon arriving in the city, Priscilla starts working as a nurse, and Joan, dying in a crowded tenement, becomes one of her first patients. Before her death, Joan tells Priscilla that she forgives Anton, after which Priscilla is reconciled with her father, and then marries Dick Travers, who met Priscilla when he went to the mountains for his health.
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