ARROWTOWN TALKIES.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4486, 24 September 1940, Page 3

ARROWTOWN TALKIES.

"THE STOEM” SHOWING NEXT SATUEDAY Telling an emotional story of adventure and thrifts in. the_ lives of wireless operators on American merchant ships, Universal’s production of “The Storm” will be screened on Saturday evening next. Filmed against the colorful background of giant ships and thundering steams at sea, the narrative possesses power and realism. Top-flight performances are turned in by the cast of popular stars which include Charles Bickford, Barton Maclane. Preston Foster, Tom Brown, Nan Gray, Andy Devine and Frank Jenks. Sweeping across the ocean with unusual force, the screenplav by Theodore Beeves, Daniel Moore and Hugh King, unfolds as one of the virile action dramas to come out of Hollywood in recent times. Impressive scenes show a great steel freighter crashing into an iceberg and going down while Preston, Foster sticks to his radio key sending ,S.O.S. calls for help. Bickford adds to his standing as a skilled portrayer of rugged he-man roles in stirring fight, scenes along the waterfront and aboard ship. Tom Brown and Nan Gray the ship's pretty nurse, carry the romantic interest. Gripping storm scenes., in which great waves batter the ship are shown in spectacular realism by the photography by Milton Knasner.