TURBULENT DRAMA

Evening Star, Issue 22955, 12 May 1938, Page 3

TURBULENT DRAMA

STATE’S SPECTACULAR * HURRICANE ' Spectacular in the extreme, ‘ The Hurricane,’ a Samuel Goldwyn production, will open a season at the State to-morrow. Jon Hall has the role of Terangi, a native of a little island of Manukura. In the early scenes he is married to a native girl, Marams. Dorothy Lamour, who will be remembered for her appearance in tho ‘ Jungle gives a moving portrayal in the role of Marama. ; Shortly after their marriage Terangi has to sail away on a little trading schooner, of which he is mate. In Tahiti he becomes involved in a brawl with a drunken white man, and as the latter has political influence Terangi is sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to escape, which produced only additions to his sentence, he is successful in getting away, and, in a tiny canoe, he makes a hazardous voyage back to Manukura. Here everybody sympathises with him, except the administrator of the island, a part taken by Raymond Massey. Terangi is forced to hide from him, but on seeing a hurricane approaching he hurries to Manukura to • warn the people of their danger. When the hurricane breaks he succeeds in saving the lives of his wife, his little daughter, and the administrator’s wife. The storm sequences are particularly realistic, and the destruction of the island is depicted in graphic fashion. After the hurricane has spent itself the implacable administrator returns from a search for the fugitive, but he is so moved by the fact that his quarry has saved the life of his wife that ho pretends that the canoe in which Terangi and his family are making for a neighbouring island i§ only a floating log.