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The Hurricane [Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour] | DVD

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The Hurricane.... entertaining force of nature by Grant Watson (NC)

5 Stars
May 15, 2009
THE HURRICANE (1937) directed by John Ford. This is an excellent movie that I highly recommend. While it is mentioned now and again as a really good movie, It's not often mentioned as a great "John Ford movie". It's said that John Ford campaigned to get the directing gig that had been promised to Howard Hawks. It ended up with Ford and what an excellent job of it he did! Dorothy Lamour is given top billing over such great 30s actors such as Mary Astor, Raymond Massey, C. Aubrey Smith, and Thomas Mitchell. In my opinion deservedly so. This is Lamours tour de force from beginning to end. Dorothy Lamour as the Island Girl is the sexiest thing on two legs in this film. Jon Hall is her true love. Massey is the overbearing governor of the island and Astor as his wife. Mitchell is great as the hard drinking Island doctor trying to get Massey to lighten up. Aubrey Smith is the priest of the island who also sympathizes with the Islanders and tries to defuse Masseys hard line approach to governing. This movie is full of action, amazing effects that still hold up. The story is a simple one, and so much the better as it's more about the characters and the Hurricane anyways. Lamour and Hall are the island lovers, separated when Hall is unjustly imprisoned. Carradine makes a deliciously evil prison guard gleefully making Halls life miserable. The looming Hurricane however, makes no distinctions between good and bad. It simply devastates. This movie also has some of the sexiest scenes and one of THE best kisses in classic movies hands down. Check out the wedding scene at the beginning. We are given examples of the "traditional" wedding and then BAM, Island style! There is so much heart in this film. It's got amazing chemistry between the leads. Hall is also quite exceptional as the "free spirit" first mate who just cannot be caged. Its got endless energy and exuberance. The finale of course is The Hurricane itself and it does not disappoint. Unbelievably filmed on a studio back lot. I knew this before watching it, but still didn't believe it, its that good. The opening, when Mitchell is on a ship, looking at the island as he passes by and tells a curious passenger "the tale" is a wonderful opening to a great story. I've always been a fan of films that start with a peripheral or main character looking back and "telling the story". One great example of this type of storytelling device is the fantastic Greer Garson/Walter Pidgeon film "MRS PARKINGTON" (also highly recommended). Ford puts it to great use in this film. It also has a great score and is visually very easy on the eyes. Lamour is beautiful, sexy, playful, poignant. She does it all in this and mostly with her eyes alone. As much as I enjoyed all of her appearances in the Road Pictures with Hope and Crosby, I think they could have done a lot more with her based on this performance. She even makes Astor seem tepid by comparison, no easy trick! An extremely enjoyable film that I can't praise highly enough.

Classic by Book Lover (Vermont)

4 Stars
April 01, 2009
Beautiful period film. A wonderful addition to the collection of anyone interested in classic Hollywood productions of the 1930's.

An oldie, but goodie by Dennis at Holy Apostles (Connecticut, USA)

5 Stars
March 07, 2009
A tip-off to the age of this film is its lack of confusion with the more recent "Hurricane," which portrays the life of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Of a different genre, this hurricane epic might be compared with the likes of "Deep Impact" or "The Perfect Storm." It is that riveting. The story centers around a Pacific islander named Terangi (Jon Hall) who is incarcerated on Tahiti for a minor offense in an atmosphere of colonial racism. Terangi's plight is worsened as he keeps trying to escape and gets socked with more prison time. His home island governor, De Laage played by Raymond Massey, is an unbending martinet who wants to make an example of Terangi. His efforts are in vain, for the islanders revere Terangi and shelter him when he makes good his escape after eight long years in prison. Meanwhile, Terangi's wife Marama (Dorothy Lamour) has given birth to a daughter whom Terangi has never seen. Just as they finally reunite, the mother of all storms kicks up and they have to use all their wits to survive. The storm (typhoon) is loud and frighteningly realistic. Monster waves obliterate the island and all life still on it. Fortunately for De Laage's wife Germaine (Mary Astor), Terangi takes her with his family and saves her life too. When De Laage returns to her after riding out the storm at a distance, he is a changed man and buries his grudge against Terangi. A great story of love, injustice, and redemption. Rev. Dennis J. Mercieri

One Of The Better Adventure Stories Of The '30s by Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)

5 Stars
February 22, 2009
For a film that's billed as a romance movie, this has got a surprising amount of good suspense and action. It's really an adventure story with a romance angle. It's also very interesting and a good film with decent special effects, at least for when this was made. I'm thrilled to order this on DVD here at Amazon as I could never find it in any store. It's almost a "Count Of Monte Cristo" story with an innocent man imprisoned on an island and finally succeeding in escaping. However, in this story, the escapee "Terangi" (John Hall) also has to battle a hurricane after escaping! The film starts slowly in the first half hour, but stick with it, it's worth it. The story becomes very involving as "Terangi" begins his battle against "the law," and the weather. Dorothy Lamour is likewise fascinating as "Marama," Terangi's wife. The cinematography is very good and the direction excellent. Then again, one of the best directors of all time did this film: John Ford. It also has a nice cast. Look at the supporting actors: Mary Astor, Raymond Massey, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell and John Carradine! A solid Golden Age adventure story and one of the best of the 1930s decade.

A winner. by R. Gorey (New York)

5 Stars
July 05, 2008
This film is seldom mentioned in John Ford retrospectives, possibly because it doesn't easily fit into the genres of his most notable work. It's a rouser: an entertaining, melodramatic, and engrossing story about a strict island governor (Raymond Massey, terrific performance) who makes life difficult for Dorothy Lamour and her lover, Jon Hall, before nature intervenes, settling several scores. The climactic hurricane effects are stunning, even after seventy years, and the film is populated by an "all star" cast that includes Mary Astor, Thomas Mitchell, and C. Aubrey Smith. This DVD (which looks to be out of print, or at least not easily available) is from a clean, sharp print, and the movie looks fine. There's some artifacts and a bit of scratching, but it's quite acceptable, all things considered. An interesting story of injustice, calamity, repression, and redemption, "The Hurricane" is in so many ways a precursor to the less subtle "disaster films" of the seventies, and more recent spectacles like "The Day After Tomorrow".

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