“ The Hurricane, ” South Sea Adventure

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 45, 23 February 1938, Page 11

“ The Hurricane, ” South Sea Adventure

DOROTHY LAMOUR CO-STARRED WITH JON HALL •(State: Coming soon.) As one of the genii who preside over the magic that is Hollywood, Samuel Goldwyn here evokes essence of the art of film-making. He takes an excellent, story, excellent actors, a great director, a master musician, a clever cameraman, a quarter century of experience, a great deal of ready money (1,750,000 dollars) and mixes them together. Presto! we have “The Hurricane" and the gustiest hour and a half you have ever spent in the theatre.

The story of “The Hurricane" U based upon a novel of life in the South Seas written by Charles Nordoff and James Norman Hall, the authors of “Mutiny on the Bounty." The photoplay introduces an important new star in Jon Hall, handsome young man of magnificent physique, whom Goldwyn names to play Terangi, the native hero of the story. Dorothy Lamour, who made her screen debut a year or so ago as the native heroine of “The Jungle Princess," appears opposite him as 'the South Sea belle, Marama. i Goldwyn lias given the film a great supporting cast, including Mary Astor,. C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, [Raymond Massey, John Carradine and Jerome Cowan. “The Hurricane" U | released through United Artists.

Dorothy Lewis, fan mail secretary to Carole Lombard at Paramount, has received a letter from a Pennsylvania fan who proposed first to Carole and closed the note with “If Carole won’t marry me, will you?" The secretary had signed her name to a lettOT answering a previous note from the same correspondent.