“SPAWN OF THE NORTH”

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 15 April 1939, Page 4

“SPAWN OF THE NORTH”

| | This is a spectacular film, hold- i| I ing absorbing scenic interest in the j. | Alaskan locales. The story por- I | trays Raft and Fonda as lifelong I friends, the latter setting out to || make good with an old cannery j, | left him by his father, while the j | former wants to own a whaling | ship with Fonda for a partner. To ! I earn enough money quickly Raft J | makes the mistake of joining Akim i | Tamiroff, Russian pirate. All the j * scenes shown of the Alaskan fish- jl I ing industry are excellent and full I J of interest, some of them portray- j i j ing the Indians in their ritualistic ■ j | "Dance of the Fog Woman” at the : | opening of the season. The feminj I ine side of the picture is strongly I I handled by Louise Platt, daughi | ter of the local editor, John Barry- | more—whose compositor is Lynne ! | Overman—and Dorothy Lamour ji I who gives an excellent perform- | ance. An important member of ; | the cast is the tame, trained seal j j "Slicker,” who does everything j | but talk. |